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Ambilight

Ambilight

Brightness

Mode

(Colour)

(Palette)

(Saturation)

TV

Colour modes:

• 

Personal

: Select any Colour 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 Colour 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 Colour 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 Colour is preferred by most

consumers to create a cool, modern and /or
mystical atmosphere. Select this setting according
to your personal taste or mood.

Press the 

i

key to get

information about the selected
menu item.

Ambilight is an innovative lighting concept using light with fully adjustable
colours at the back of the TV to enhance the viewing experience. Analysis of
the picture content adapts the colours continuously, or the lights can be set to
any fixed colour 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 colour.
In standby mode the lights can be set/operated to any colour and create a
unique ambiance in the room.

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Select 

Ambilight

in the TV menu.

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Press the cursor down 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.

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Select 

Mode

and press the cursor right to select 

Colour

,

Ambience

,

Relaxed

,

Movie

or 

Action

.

Colour

: this will show constant light according to the settings in the

Ambilight colour menu. See below.

• The options 

Ambience

,

Relaxed

,

Movie

and 

Action

will dynamically

match brightness and colour 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 colour change is

smoothly and soft which gives you a more immersive yet relaxed viewing.

Ambience

is the rate of brightness and colour 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.

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In case 

Colour

has been selected in the Mode menu:

• Select 

Colour

in the Ambilight menu and press the cursor right.

• Select 

Personal

,

Warm white

,

Cool white

or 

Blue

.

• Select 

Palette

to select the general colour of the light.

• Select 

Saturation

to adjust the colourfullness of the light.

Notes:
- Adjusting the Palette and/or Saturation settings will set the colour mode to

Personal.

- The selected Colour mode will be the one used when turning on the ambient

lights from standby.

Ambilight in Standby mode

When the TV is switched off, the ambient lights will also be switched off.
When the TV is in standby mode, ambilight can be used to provide a unique
ambience for the room. Press the ambilight on/off key on the remote
control to switch between Ambilight Off or On.

Infrared interference on external devices

To avoid bad remote control reception, place your external devices out of
sight of the ambient lights of your TV set.

Note: Ambilight does not function well when the room temperature is less than
15°C.

Ambilight

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Page 2: ...bottom of the TV and in the wall socket Check that the mains supply voltage corresponds to the voltage printed on the sticker at the rear of the TV To prevent damaging the power AC cord which could cause a fire or electric shock do not place the TV on the cord Remote control Insert the 2 batteries supplied Type R6 1 5V The batteries supplied do not contain the heavy metals mercury and cadmium Plea...

Page 3: ...tion S Freeze To freeze the picture Dependent on the input signal the function may not be possible i On Screen information Press to display when available information about the selected TV channel and programme Menu info When a menu is on screen press i to display info on the selected menu item B Standby Press to switch the TV on or off from or to standby mode When switched off a red indicator on ...

Page 4: ... subtitles in the bottom black bar Auto format makes the subtitles visible In case of a broadcaster logo in the corner of the top black bar the logo disappears from the screen Super zoom removes the black bars on the sides of 4 3 programs with minimal distortion When in Movie Expand 14 9 Movie Expand 16 9 Super zoom or Subtitle zoom picture format you can make subtitles visible with the cursor up ...

Page 5: ...stall install channels The installation menu contains the following items Press the MENU key on the remote control é Use the cursor down to select Install Use the cursor right to select Language Follow the instructions on screen Use the cursor up down to select your preferred language and press the OK key to confirm your selection Proceed with the Install menu Language English Français Chinese Ins...

Page 6: ...ters are displayed Press the cursor right to enter the keyboard Press the cursor up down left right to select the first character and press OK Repeat for every character you want to enter Select Space to enter a space Delete to erase the highlighted character in the name entered Shift to display upper or lowercase characters on the keyboard Special to display special characters on the keyboard Pre...

Page 7: ...menu allows you to select the preferred format which can then be displayed toggling the b key on and off Select PIP format with the cursor down é Press the cursor right Select Dual screen PIP PIP 3 or PIP 6 with the cursor down When Dual screen mode is activated with the remote control b key and when Dual screen is selected the TV splits the screen into two equally sized screens PIP is selected th...

Page 8: ...ocked channels a 4 digit code must be entered The Set Change code menu item allows you to create or change a Personal Identification Number PIN Select Set Change code é If no code exists yet the menu item is set to Set code If a code has previously been entered the menu item is set to Change code Follow the instructions on screen Important You have forgotten your code Select Change code in the Gen...

Page 9: ...ately Auto demo Dealer demo Digital options Light sensor 3D Y C Comb filter TV Setup Demo Install Demo This menu allows you to indicate the peripheral you connected to one of the external inputs Press the cursor right to enter the list of types of peripherals attached to the selected input é Select the peripheral device with the cursor up down Once you have selected the source type e g DVD this so...

Page 10: ...factory to look best in bright store environments which use fluorescent lighting As your home will likely not be as well lit as a store we recommend that you cycle through the various Smart Picture modes to find the one that best suits your own viewing conditions Most consumers will find that Natural is the correct choice In case of weak RF AV signals please select Soft Digital options Pixel Plus ...

Page 11: ...Control demo menu appears The picture settings are being adapted continuously and automatically The menu items cannot be selected The sliders will be moving showing how the TV is tweaking the current picture None of the sliders is user controllable Press the OK key to switch off the Demo Press the cursor right to select Sound é Select the menu items in the Sound menu with the cursor up down and ad...

Page 12: ...ect Mode and press the cursor right to select Colour Ambience Relaxed Movie or Action Colour this will show constant light according to the settings in the Ambilight colour menu See below The options Ambience Relaxed Movie and Action will dynamically match brightness and colour to the screen content The mode selection made will effect the speed and or saturation and or intensity which determines t...

Page 13: ...ally switches to standby Child lock Select Child lock é Press the cursor right to enter the Child lock menu You re summoned to enter your code Note You have to re enter your code each time you enter the child lock menu Important You have forgotten your code See p 8 Select one of the menu items of the child lock menu Lock if you want to lock all channels and externals Custom lock and press the curs...

Page 14: ...Press the P keys or the 0 key or the digit keys in order to change the TV channels or external sources in the highlighted screen Scan PIP3 or PIP 6 Navigate to the lowest PIP and press the cursor down to display a following series of PIP screens Define the position and the size of the single PIP screen Select a Dual screen mode with a single PIP screen é Press the cursor down to highlight the PIP ...

Page 15: ...the cursor left or right to select the next or previous subpage Picture Teletext Press the b key Press the b key to show Teletext on the right of the screen é Press the b key to switch off dual screen Enlarge a Teletext page Press q repeatedly to display the upper teletext part the lower teletext part and then to return to the normal teletext page size When the teletext page is enlarged you can sc...

Page 16: ...cter selected Select Cancel to cancel the word Space to enter a space Delete to delete the last character selected Shift to switch between lowercase or capital characters Special to display special characters on the keyboard and press the OK key Press the cursor left repeatedly to return to the Teletext menu again Searching a word Type in the word on screen or select a word from the history list o...

Page 17: ...ur recorder to the TV s input 75 ø x jack Better playback quality can be obtained if you also connect the Video Audio Left and Right only for stereo devices AV cables 3 to the CVBS AUDIO L and R input jacks of AV2 If your recorder has an S VHS video jack For improved picture quality connect an S video cable with the S VIDEO input instead of connecting the recorder to the CVBS jack of AV2 S Video d...

Page 18: ... jacks of AV1 or AV2 Devices with RGB output Connect the device with RGB output with separate Horizontal and Vertical sync to the Pr R Pb BY G input 1 jacks and to the H and V jacks of AV2 3 é Connect the audio cables to the L and R AUDIO jacks of AV2 Devices with an S Video connector Connect an S Video cable to the AV1 or AV2 S VIDEO input Note When using the S VIDEO connector do not connect any ...

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Page 20: ...ctions Press the v key to select AV1 AV2 HDMI AV3 Side or TV channels according to where you connected your devices é Press the cursor up down Press OK b v Select Ò π æ B AMP DVD R TV SAT AUX º v Record a TV programme You can record a TV programme using your recorders tuner without affecting your TV Select the channel number on your recorder é Set your recorder to record See the handbook for your ...

Page 21: ...AUX MENU MODE ON OFF Ambilight º Active Control OK B to switch to standby ºæ for pause VCR DVD CD RDS news TA AMP to shuffle play CD R for record Ò for rewind VCR CD search down DVD AMP for stop π for play for fast forward VCR CD search up DVD AMP S for pause CD R b RDS display AMP to select your choice of subtitle language DVD i display information MENU to switch the menu on or off P for chapter ...

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