Sony KDL-40S2510: Picture menu

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Picture menu

You can select the options listed below on the Picture

menu. To select options in “Settings”, see “Navigating

through menus” (page 19).

Target Inputs

Selects whether to apply settings made in the Picture menu to all inputs, or only to

the input currently being watched.

“All”: Applies settings to all inputs.

“Viewing Only”: Applies settings only to the current input.

Picture Mode

Selects the picture mode.

“Vivid”: For enhanced picture contrast and sharpness.

“Standard”: For standard picture. Recommended for home entertainment.

“Custom”: Allows you to store your preferred settings.

Reset

Resets all picture settings except “Picture Mode” to the factory settings.

Backlight

Adjusts the brightness of the backlight.

Tip

"Backlight" is not available when you set "Power Saving" to "High"(page 26).

Contrast

Increases or decreases picture contrast.

Brightness

Brightens or darkens the picture.

Colour

Increases or decreases colour intensity.

Hue

Increases or decreases the green tones.

Tip

“Hue” can only be adjusted for an NTSC colour signal (e.g., U.S.A. video tapes).

Colour Temperature

Adjusts the whiteness of the picture.

“Cool”: Gives the white colours a blue tint.

“Neutral”: Gives the white colours a neutral tint.

“Warm1”/“Warm2”: Gives the white colours a red tint. “Warm2” gives a redder tint

than “Warm1”.

Tip

“Warm1” and “Warm2” can only be selected when you set “Picture Mode” to “Custom”.

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Sharpness

Sharpens or softens the picture.

Noise Reduction

Reduces the picture noise (snowy picture) in a weak broadcast signal.

“Auto”: Automatically reduces the picture noise.

“High”/“Medium”/“Low”: Modifies the effect of the noise reduction.

“Off”: Turns off the Noise Reduction feature.

Advanced Settings

Customizes the Picture function in more detail. When you set “Picture Mode” to

“Custom”, you can set/change these settings.

“Reset”: Resets all the advanced video settings to the factory settings.

“Black Corrector”: Enhances black areas of the picture for stronger contrast.

“Adv. Contrast Enhancer”: Automatically adjusts “Contrast” to the most suitable

settings judging from the brightness of the screen. This setting is especially effective

for dark images, increasing vibrancy in the picture.

“Gamma”: Adjusts the balance between bright and dark areas of the picture.

“Clear White”: Emphasizes white colours.

“Live Colour”: Makes colours more vivid and reproduce clear skin tones.

Using MENU Functions

Tip

This function is only available when "Colour Space" is set to "Wide".

“Colour Space”: Changes colour range (only for KDL-46S2510, KDL-46S2530,

KDL-40S2510, KDL-40S2530).

“MPEG Noise Reduction”: Reduces the picture noise in MPEG-compressed video

(in digital mode only).

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