Samsung UA50F5000AM User Manual

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❑ Using the INFO button (Now & Next guide)

The display identifies the current channel and the status of certain audio-video
settings.

The Now & Next guide shows daily TV programme information for each channel
according to the broadcasting time.

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When you press the INFO button, a channel information banner will appear
on the top of the screen. And then press the ENTER

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button, you can see

the details of the programme.

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Scroll ◄, ► to view information for a desired programme while watching
the current channel.

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Scroll ▲, ▼ to view information for other channels.

Channel Setting

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❑Memorizing channels

■Auto Tuning

(depending on the country)

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MENUm → Broadcasting → Auto Tuning → ENTER

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N

Automatically allocated programme numbers may not correspond to actual
or desired programme numbers. If a channel is locked, the PIN input window

appears.

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Auto Tuning
Channel Type (Digital & Analogue / Digital / Analogue): Select the channel

source to memorise.

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❑Using the Channel menu

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MENUm → Broadcasting → Channel List → ENTER

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■Channel List

The Channel List contains the channels your TV displays when you press the
channel button. You can view channel information, All, TV, Radio, Data/Other,

Analogue or Favourites 1-5.

Press ►(Mode) button to change the channel mode, or press ◄ (Sorting) button
to change the channel order according to channel number or name on the list.

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When you press the CH LIST button on the remote control, Channel List
screen will be displayed at once.

Channel Sorting

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Number / Name: Arranges the channel order according to channel number

or name on the list.

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Channel Mode

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Edit Favourites: Set channels you watch frequently as favourites.

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For detailed information about using Edit Favourites, refer to “Edit

Favourites”.

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Favourites 1-5: Shows all favourite channels, arranged in up to five groups.

Each group has a separate screen.

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The TV displays Favourites 1-5 only if you have added favourites using

Edit Favourites.

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All: Shows all currently available channels.

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TV: Shows all currently available TV channels.

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Radio: Shows all currently radio channels.

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Data/Other: Shows all currently available MHP or other channels.

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Analogue: Shows all currently available analogue channels.

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■Guide

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MENUm → Broadcasting → Guide → ENTER

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The EPG (Electronic Programme Guide) information is provided by broadcasters.
Using programme schedules provided by broadcasters, you can specify
programmes you want to watch in advance so that the channel automatically
changes to the selected programme channel at the specified time. Programme
entries may appear blank or out of date depending on a channel status.

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a

Red (Quick Nav): Viewing the TV programmes on the list quickly using

▲/▼/◄/►

buttons.

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b

Green (Channel Category): Select the type of channels you want to

display.

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{

Yellow (Schedule Manager): Moves to the reserved programmes in

Schedule Manager.

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■Schedule Manager

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MENUm → Broadcasting → Schedule Manager → ENTER

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You can set a desired channel to be displayed automatically at the intended time.
In addition, you can view, modify or delete a channel you have reserved to watch.

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You must set the current time first using the Time → Clock function in the

System menu to use this function.

1. Press the Schedule on the Schedule Manager screen. The Schedule

Viewing menu appears.

2. Press the

▲/▼/◄/►

buttons to set each option menu.

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Aerial: Select the desired broadcasting signal.

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Channel: Select the desired channel.

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Repeat: Select Once, Manual, Sat~Sun, Mon~Fri or Everyday to set at

your convenience. If you select Manual, you can set the day you want.

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The (c) mark indicates the day you’ve selected.

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Date: You can set the desired date.

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It is available when you select Once in Repeat.

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Start Time: You can set the start time you want.

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If you want to edit or cancel a reserved schedule, select the reserved
schedule on Schedule Manager. Then press the ENTER

E

button and

select the Edit or Remove.

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■Edit Channel

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MENUm → Broadcasting → Edit Channel → ENTER

E

You can edit or delete channels.

1. Go to Edit Channel screen.

2. Press the

▲/▼

buttons to select the desired channel, then press the

ENTER

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button. The (c) mark indicates the channel you’ve selected.

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You can select more than one channel.

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Press the ENTER

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again to deselect the channel.

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Using the coloured and function buttons with the Edit Channel.

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a

Red (Change Number): Changes channel order on the channel list.

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b

Green (Lock / Unlock): Lock a channel so that the channel cannot be

selected and viewed. / Unlock the channel that you locked.

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This function is available only when the Channel Lock is set to On.

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The PIN input screen appears. Enter your 4-digit PIN. Change the
PIN using the Change PIN option.

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{

Yellow (Delete): Deletes a channel from the channel list.

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}

Blue (Select All / Deselect All): Selects or deselects all channels at

once.

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(Go To): Goes to channel directly by pressing numbers (0~9).

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k

(Page): Move to previous or next page.

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(Tools): Displays the option menu. The option menu items that appear

may differ depending on the channel status and type.

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Sorting (digital channels only): Changes the list ordered by channel

number or channel name.

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Category: Change the channel mode to All, TV, Radio, Data/Other,
Analogue, Recently Viewed, Most Viewed. The selected channel

mode is displayed.

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Edit Favourites: Go to Edit Favourites screen directly.

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Rename channel (analogue channels only): Assign a name of up to

five characters to a channel. For example, Food, Golf, etc. This makes
it easier to find and select the channel.

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Channel Info: Display details of the selected channel.

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Information: Display details of the selected programme.

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■Edit Favourites

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MENUm → Broadcasting → Edit Favourites → ENTER

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You can add, edit or delete favourite channels.

1. Go to Edit Favourites screen.

2. Press the

▲/▼

buttons to select the desired channel, and then press

ENTER

E

button.

3. Choose a specific favourite list among Favourites 1-5 using b (Change Fav.)
button, and then press the { (Add) button. The selected channel has been
added in Favourites 1-5.

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One favourite channel can be added in several of favourites among

Favourites 1-5.

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Using the coloured and function buttons with the Edit Favourites.

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Red (Category / Change order)

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Category: Changes the channel mode to All, TV, Radio, Analogue,
Data/Other, Recently Viewed, Most Viewed. The selected channel

mode is displayed.

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Change order: Changes the favourite channel order.

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(Done): Completes changing the channel order.

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b

Green (Change Fav.): Changes favourite list among Favourites 1-5.

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{

Yellow (Add / Delete)

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Add: Adds selected channels to Favourites 1-5.

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Delete: Deletes the favourite channel from Favourites 1-5.

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}

Blue (Select All / Deselect All): Selects or deselects all channels at

once.

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(Go To): Goes to channel directly by pressing numbers (0~9).

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k

(Page): Move to previous or next page.

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(Tools): Displays the option menu. The option menu items that appear

may differ depending on the channel status and type.

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Copy to favourites: Edit the selected favourite channel in Favourites
1-5. You can add or delete from favourite list.

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Rename Favourites: Assign your own favourite channel name.

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Edit Channel: Go to Edit Channel screen directly.

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Information: Display details of the selected programme.

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❑Locking Programme

■Programme Rating Lock

(depending on the country)

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MENU → Broadcasting → Programme Rating Lock → ENTER

E

Prevent unauthorized users, such as children, from watching unsuitable
programme with a user-defined 4-digit PIN code. If the selected channel is
locked, the “\” symbol will be displayed.

N

The items of Programme Rating Lock differs depending on the country.

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■Channel Lock

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MENU → Broadcasting → Channel Lock → ENTER

E

Lock channels in Channel menu to prevent unauthorized users, such as children,
from watching unsuitable programme.

N

Available only when the Source is set to TV.

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❑Other Features

■Channel Settings

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MENUm → Broadcasting → Channel Settings → ENTER

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Country (Area)

(depending on the country)

Select your country so that the TV can correctly auto-tune the broadcasting
channels.

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The PIN input screen appears. Enter your 4 digit PIN number. The default
PIN number is “0-0-0-0.”

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Manual Tuning

Scans for a channel manually and stores in the TV.

N

If a channel is locked, the PIN input window appears.

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According to the channel source, Manual Tuning may be supported.

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Digital Channel Tuning: Scans for a digital channel manually and stores

in the TV. Press the New button to search the digital channels. When
scanning has finished, a channel is updated in the channel list.

N

Bandwidth function is not available at some locations.

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Analogue Channel Tuning: Scans for an analogue channel. Press the
New button to search the channels by adjusting the Programme, Colour
System, Sound System, Channel, Search.

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Channel mode

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P (programme mode): When tuning is complete, the broadcasting

stations in your area have been assigned to the position numbers
from P0 to P99. You can select a channel by entering the position
number in this mode.

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C (aerial channel mode) / S (cable channel mode): These two

modes allow you to select a channel by entering the assigned
number for each aerial broadcasting station or cable channel.

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Fine Tune

(analogue channels only)

If the signal is weak or distorted, fine tune the channel manually.

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Fine tuned channels are marked with an asterisk “*”.

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To reset the fine-tuning, select Reset.

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Transfer Channel List

(depending on the country)

Imports or exports the channel map. You should connect a USB storage to
use this function.

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The PIN number input screen appears. Enter your 4 digit PIN number.

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Supported file systems are FAT and NTFS.

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■Subtitle

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MENUm → Broadcasting → Subtitle → ENTER

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Use this menu to set the Subtitle mode.

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Subtitle: Switches subtitles on or off.

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Subtitle Mode (Normal / Hearing Impaired): Sets the subtitle mode.

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Subtitle Language: Sets the subtitle language.

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If the programme you are watching does not support the Hearing

Impaired function, Normal automatically activates even if the Hearing
Impaired mode is selected.

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English is the default in cases where the selected language is unavailable
in the broadcast.

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Primary Subtitle: Sets the primary subtitle.

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Secondary Subtitle: Sets the secondary subtitle.

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■Audio Options

(digital channels only)

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MENU → Broadcasting → Audio Options → ENTER

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Audio Language

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Change the default value for audio languages.

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The available language may differ depending on the broadcast.

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Audio Format

When sound is emitted from both the main speaker and the audio receiver,
a sound echo may occur due to the decoding speed difference between
the main speaker and the audio receiver. In this case, use the TV Speaker
function.

N

Audio Format option may differ depending on the broadcast. 5.1ch

Dolby digital sound is only available when connecting an external speaker
through an optical cable.

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Audio Description (not available in all locations)

This function handles the Audio Stream for the AD (Audio Description) which
is sent along with the Main audio from the broadcaster.

Audio Description: Turn the audio description function on or off.

Volume: Adjust the audio description volume.

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■Teletext Language

(depending on the country)

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MENU → Broadcasting → Teletext Language → ENTER

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Teletext Language

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English is the default in cases where the selected language is unavailable
in the broadcast.

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Primary Teletext / Secondary Teletext

N

Primary Teletext and Secondary Teletext may not be supported in

some locations.

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■Digital Text

(depending on the country)

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MENUm → Broadcasting → Digital Text → ENTER

E

If the programme broadcasts with digital text, this feature is enabled.

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Only MHEG EPG will function in New Zealand.

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■Edit Channel Number

(New Zealand only)

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MENUm → Broadcasting → Edit Channel Number → ENTER

E

Use this to change channel number. When channel number is changed, channel
information is not updated automatically.

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❑Changing the Preset Picture Mode

■Picture Mode

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O

MENUm → Picture → Picture Mode → ENTER

E

Select your preferred picture type.

N

When connecting a PC, you can only make changes to the Entertain and

Standard.

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Dynamic: Suitable for a bright room.

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Standard: Suitable for a normal environment.

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Natural

for LED 5 series

: Suitable for reducing eye strain.

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Movie: Suitable for watching movies in a dark room.

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Entertain: Suitable for watching movies and games.

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It is only available when connecting a PC.

Basic Features

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❑Adjusting Picture Settings

■Backlight / Contrast / Brightness / Sharpness / Colour /

Tint (G/R)

Your television has several setting options for picture quality control.

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NOTE

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In analogue TV, AV modes of the PAL system, the Tint (G/R) function is
not available.

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When connecting a PC, you can only make changes to Backlight

Contrast, Brightness and Sharpness.

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Settings can be adjusted and stored for each external device connected
to the TV.

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Lowering picture brightness reduces power consumption.

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