

Channels connected to the COMPONENT IN and HDMI IN do not support Smart Picture Mode. Only available with digital broadcasts. If you enable this feature, you cannot set Picture Mode manually. If it looks like real skin tone, you’ll know you’ve gotten close. Each person’s face should have its own distinct hue. Now adjust the color back up until faces look natural. Now, turn the color nearly all the way down and notice how everyone looks as if they belong in the morgue. Turn the color all the way up and notice how it appears everyone has jaundice or a fresh sunburn. From there, find a scene with plenty of faces in it, then press pause. Choose the warmest setting you have available to you as a starting point. Settings for color temperature are usually expressed in terms of cool or warm. First, find out if your TV offers a color-temperature adjustment. We do have a couple of tricks to offer, though. Just how green should a leaf look, anyway? For this reason, a calibration disc is highly recommended to achieve the most accurate color settings. Without a calibration disc and an optical filter (or the ability to defeat the red and green output of the television) it can be tough to know if you’ve got the color just right. In this case, navigate to Settings > More > Picture > Energy Saving and set Energy Saving to OFF or Minimum.Ĭolor: Tones down or up the colors displayed on the screen. Reduce the backlight and repeat until you are happy.ĭecrease the Backlight to reduce energy consumption and to reduce eyestrain.ĭepending on the Energy Saving (Auto / Maximum), you may not be able to adjust the Backlight. If after watching the scene for 10 minutes you begin to squint, the backlight is too strong. Instead, make your adjustments when room light is at its average for when you watch, and pick a program or movie scene with a lot of white in it, a daylight scene on a snow-covered mountain, for example.

Try to avoid making this adjustment while sun is shining directly on the screen, as this will result in an unnaturally high setting. For those in brighter rooms, more backlight intensity will be desired. For those who have their TV in a dark room or basement, this setting won’t need to be terribly high. Backlight: Controls the level of screen brightness by adjusting the back light.
