Samsung PN43E450A1F User Manual

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- 2 -The On Screen MenusYour TV has two kinds of menus, the Main menu and the variousTools menus. The Main menu gives you access to most or all ofthe menu options available on your TV. The Tools menus displaya selected number of frequently used menu options that changedepending on the screen you are viewing. A Tools menu symbol(T) in the lower right side of the screen indicates that a Tools menuis available.The Main menu has seven primary categories:y Picture y Inputy Sound y Applicationy Channel y Supporty SetupTo view the Main menu, press the MENU button on your remote. Toview a Tools menu, press the TOOLS button on your remote.✎ The menu options that appear in the Main menu dependon the Source you have selected. For example, if you haveselected the HDMI source, the Channel category will notappear. To see the Channel category, you must first select TVin the Source List.The Menu options are presented below, arranged by Main menucategories. A Tools button symbol (t) next to an optionname indicates the option is also available in one of the Toolsmenus.Picture MenuMode tSelect your preferred picture mode.✎ When your TV is connected to a PC, you can only selectEntertain and Standard.■■ Dynamic: Brightens the screen. Suitable for a bright room.■■ Standard: Suitable for a normally lit room.■■ Movie: Darkens the screen, making it less glary. Suitable forwatching movies in a darkened room.■■ Entertain: Sharpens the picture. Suitable for games.✎ Only available when the TV is connected to a PC.Cell Light / Contrast / Brightness / Sharpness /Color / Tint (G/R)■■ Cell Light: Adjusts the brightness of the screen by adjusting thebrightness of the individual pixels.■■ Contrast: Increases or decreases the contrast between dark andlight areas of the picture.■■ Brightness: Adjusts the brightness of the screen. Not aseffective as Cell Light.■■ Sharpness: Sharpens or dulls the edges of objects.■■ Color: Adjusts the color saturation. The higher the Color setting,the more intense the color. Low settings remove color and thepicture becomes black, white, and gray.■■ Tint: Adjusts the amount of green and red in the picture. As youincrease the amount of green, the amount of red decreases andvice versa.✎ When the TV is connected to a PC, you can only makechanges to Cell Light, Contrast, Brightness, andSharpness.Advanced SettingsAvailable in Standard and Movie mode only.Compared to previous models, new Samsung TVs offer a moreprecise picture with more precise controls.✎ When your TV is connected to a PC, you can only makechanges to Gamma and White Balance.■■ Color Space (Auto / Native): Auto automatically matches therange of colors available to create pictures to the color range ofthe video source. Native provides a color range wider than thecolor range of the video source.■■ White Balance: Adjusts the color temperature of the picture sothat white objects look white (instead of, for example, slightlypink or slightly yellow) and the overall color of the picture looksnatural.R-Offset / G-Offset / B-Offset: Adjusts each color’s (red,green, blue) darkness.R-Gain / G-Gain / B-Gain: Adjusts each color’s (red, green,blue) brightness.Reset: Resets the White Balance to it’s default settings.■■ Gamma: Adjusts the primary color intensity.■■ Dynamic Contrast (Off / Low / Medium / High): Adjusts thescreen contrast.■■ Black Tone (Off / Dark / Darker / Darkest): Selects the blacklevel to adjust the screen depth. Darker settings make blackslook darker.■■ Flesh Tone: Adjusts the amount of red in skin tones.■■ Motion Lighting (Off / On): When on, the TV automaticallyadjusts the brightness of the screen in response to thebrightness of the room. In bright light, the screen brightens. Indim light, the screen dims.✎ Available in Standard mode only.Picture Options✎ When the TV is connected to a PC, you can only makechanges to the Color Tone, Size and HDMI Black Level.■■ Color Tone (Cool / Standard / Warm1 / Warm2): Cool makesthe picture bluer (cooler). Warm 1 and Warm 2 make the pictureredder (warmer).✎ Warm1 and Warm2 are deactivated when the picturemode is set to Dynamic.■■ Size: Set the size and aspect ratio of the picture on the screen.Your cable box or satellite receiver may have its own set ofscreen sizes as well. However, we highly recommend you usethe TV's 16:9 mode most of the time.16:9: Sets the picture to the 16:9 wide screen format.Zoom1: Provides moderate magnification of the picture. Sides,top, and bottom are cut off.Zoom2: Provides larger magnification of the picture. Sides, top,and bottom are cut off.Wide Fit: Enlarges the aspect ratio of the picture so the picturefits the entire screen.4:3: Sets the picture to the old, 4:3 format and puts black or grayborders on the right and left of the picture.✎ Do not watch your TV in the 4:3 format for a long time.Traces of borders displayed on the left, right and center ofthe screen may cause image retention (screen burn) whichis not covered by the warranty.Screen Fit: Displays the full image without any cut-off whenyour TV is inputting HDMI (720p / 1080i / 1080p) or Component(1080i / 1080p) HD signals.✎ HD (High Definition) has a 16:9 aspect ratio and 1080i/1080p(1920x1080) or 720p (1280x720) resolution.✎ You can adjust and store settings for each external device youhave connected to an input on the TV. Picture Sizes availableby Input Source are listed above and to the right: