LG 55le8900 Owners Manual

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PICTURE CONTROL
PICTURE WIZARD
This feature lets you adjust the picture quality of the original image.
Use this to calibrate the screen quality by adjusting the Black and Whit\
e Level etc. General users can 
calibrate the screen quality by easily following each stage.
When you adjust the image to Low, Recommended or High, you can see the changed result as an 
example.
In RGB-PC/HDMI-PC/DVI-PC mode, the changed Colour, Tint and H/V Sharpness values are not 
applied.
Picture Wizard
With Picture Wizard, you can adjust the picture quality of the 
original image.
Next
Previous
• Press the MENU/EXIT button to return to normal TV viewing.
• Press the BACK 
button to move to the previous menu screen.
•  If you stop the setting before 
the final stage, the changes 
will not be applied
•  The adjustment value is  saved to Expert1.
•  Once the Picture Wizard sets  the image quality, the Energy 
Saving is changed into Off.
• 
If the picture quality setting 
of  Expert1 is changed, use 
the  Picture Reset  before 
entering the  Picture Wizard 
to reset the picture quality 
setting.
• Standard : mode to set stan-
dard picture quality.
• Preferred  : mode to set user 
preferred picture quality rath-
er than standard picture.
1Select  PICTURE.
2Select Picture Wizard. 
3
Adjust Standard(Black Level, White Level, 
Tint, Colour, Horizontal Sharpness, Vertical 
Sharpness, Backlight (LCD TV/LED LCD TV 
only)) or Preferred(Black Level, White Level, 
T

int, Colour, Sharpness, Dynamic Contrast , 
Colour Temperature, Backlight  (LCD TV/LED 
LCD TV 

only) ).
4
Select input source to apply the settings.
5
OK
Move 
●
 Aspect Ratio  : 16:9● Picture Wizard●   Energy Saving  : Off● Picture Mode  : Standard
 •  Backlight 70 
 •  Contrast 100
 •  Brightness 50
 
Sh•Sh•Sh Sharpnarpnarpnessessess 0707070
PICTURE
●  Picture Wizard►►
 
						

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ENERGY SAVING
It reduces the TV’s power consumption.
The default factory setting is adjusted to the comfortable level to be v\
iewed at home.
You can increase the brightness of your screen by adjusting the Energy Saving level or by setting 
the  Picture Mode.
When adjusting Energy Saving in MHEG /MHP mode, the Energy Saving setting is applied after 
MHEG/MHP  is finished.
Selecting ‘ Screen Off’

 while tuned to a radio station channel will reduce power consumption.
• 
Press the MENU/EXIT button to return to normal TV viewing.
• Press the BACK  button to move to the previous menu screen.
• When you select Screen Off, the screen will be turned off in 3 seconds and Screen  Off will start.
• If you adjust “Energy Saving-Auto(Except for 32/37/42LD4 ***), 
Maximum”,  Backlight feature will
  
not work. (LCD TV/LED LCD TV only)
• If you adjust “Energy Saving-Intelligent Sensor ”, Sharpness, Colour

, Colour Temperature feature 
will not work. (Plasma TV only)
• You can also adjust this feature by selecting  Energy Saving button on the remote control.
• When selecting 
 Auto, Backlight is automatically adjusted through intelligent sensor acc\
ording to the 
surrounding condition when intelligent sensor is i n the TV. (LCD 
 TV/LED LCD TV only) (Except for 
32/37/42LD4 ***)
1Select 
PICTURE.
2
Select       Energy Saving.
3Select Auto(Except for 
32/37/42LD4 ***), Off, 
Minimum , Medium, 
Maximum  or Screen Off.
1Select PICTURE.
2
Select       Energy Saving.
3Select Intelligent Sensor,  Off, 
Minimum , Medium, 
Maximum  or Screen Off.
OK
Move 
●
 Aspect Ratio  : 16:9● Picture Wizard● ꕊ  Energy Saving  : Off● Picture Mode  : Standard
 •  Backlight 70 
 •  Contrast 100
 •  Brightness 50
 
S•Sh•Sh Sharpnarpnarpnessessess 707070
PICTURE
●         Energy Saving  : OffAuto
Off
Minimum
Medium
Maximum
Screen OffOff►►
OK
Move 
●
 Aspect Ratio  : 16:9● Picture Wizard
● ꕊ  Energy Saving  : Off● Picture Mode  : Vivid
 •  Contrast 100
 •  Brightness 50
 
•Sh•Sh Sharpnarpnarpnessessess 707070 C•Co•Co Collourlourlour07070 70
PICTURE
●         Energy Saving  : Intelligent SensorAuto
Off
Minimum
Medium
Maximum
Screen OffIntelligent Sensor►
LCD TV/LED LCD TV only
Plasma TV only
 
						

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PRESET PICTURE SETTINGS
Picture Mode-Preset
Vivid  Strengthen the contrast, brightness, colour and sharpness for vivid pict\
ure.
Standard  The most general screen display status.
 Optimizes power consumption. (Plasma TV Only)
Cinema  or 
 Cinema  Optimizes video for watching movies.
Bright Room This is the specification to optimize TV viewing in Bright Room. (42/47/55LE8
***,  
   Plasma TV Only)
Sport Optimizes video for watching sports events.
Game  Optimizes video for playing games.
• 
Press the MENU/EXIT button to return to normal TV viewing.
• Press the BACK  button to move to the previous menu screen.
1Select PICTURE.
2Select Picture Mode.
3
Select Intelligent Sensor 
(Except for 32/37/42LD4
***), Vivid, 
Standard,  Cinema(Except for 
42/47/55LE8 ***),
Cinema(Only 42/47/55LE8
***), 
Bright Room(Only 
42/47/55LE8 ***), 
Sport  or 
Game.
1Select  PICTURE.
2Select Picture Mode.
3Select Vivid, Standard,        , 
Cinema, Bright 
Room,  Sport or Game.
OK
Move 
●
 Aspect Ratio  : 16:9● Picture Wizard●     Energy Saving  : Off● Picture Mode  : Standard
 •  Backlight 70 
 •  Contrast 100
 •  Brightness 50
 
•Sh•Sh Sharpnarpnarpnessessess 707070
PICTURE
●  Picture Mode  : Standard
OK
Move 
●
 Aspect Ratio  : 16:9● Picture Wizard●  Energy Saving  : Intelligent Sensor●  Picture Mode  : Vivid
 •  Contrast 100
 •  Brightness 50
 
•Sh•Sh Sharpnarpnarpnessessess 707070 C•Co•Co Collourlourlour07070 70
PICTURE
●  Picture Mode  : 
Vivid
Standard
         Cinema
 Bright Room
Sport
Game
ꕋ  Expert1
ꕋ  Expert2
LCD TV/LED LCD TV only
Plasma TV only
►►
Intelligent Sensor
Vivid
Standard
Cinema
Sport
Game
ꕋ Expert1
ꕋ  Expert2
Standard►►
(Except for 42/47/55LE8
***)
Intelligent Sensor
Vivid
Standard
Cinema
Bright Room
Sport
Game
ꕋ  Expert1
ꕋ  Expert2
Standard►►
(only 42/47/55LE8
***)
 
						

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• Picture Mode adjusts the TV for the best picture appearance. Select the preset value in the Picture Mode menu based on the programme category.
• When the Intelligent sensor function is on, the most suitable pictu\
re is automatically adjusted  according to the surrounding conditions. 
(Except for 32/37/42LD4 ***)
• You can also adjust Picture Mode in the Q. Menu.
• Intelligent Sensor : Adjusts picture according to the surrounding conditions. (Except for 32/37/42LD4
***)
•          (Auto Power Saving) : Maximize reducting the power consu\
mption without hurting the pic-
ture quality. (Plasma TV Only)
• If you adjust “Picture Mode- Cinema, Bright Room”, “Energy Saving-Intelligent Sensor, 
Minimum,  Medium, Maximum” feature will not work. 
(Plasma TV Only)
• If you adjust “Picture Mode- Cinema, Bright Room”, “Energy Saving-Auto,  Minimum, 
Medium,  Maximum” feature will not work. 
(42/47/55LE8
*** Only)
• If you adjust “Picture Mode- ”, “Energy Saving-Off, 
Minimum, Medium, Maximum” feature will 
not work. (Plasma TV only)
•  Cinema(42/47/55LE8 ***, Plasma TV Only) 
:This is cinema quality mode to provide you the 
experience of watching a movie at home.The user will be able enjoy the b\
est level of satisfactory 
screen quality in any movie without any separate adjustments.Cinema expr\
esses the optimal 
screen quality when it is darkest.
 When selecting 
 Cinema, Bright Room Aspect ratio changes to Just scan.
•  Cinema(Thomlinson Holman ’s Experiment)is the audio and video certification standard of 
THX established by George Lucas,who directed the movie Star Wars,and Thomlinson.
  This is the product to be certified in THX display area and guarantees screen quality that exceeds  the display standard specification in both hardware and software.
 
						

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MANUAL PICTURE ADJUSTMENT
Picture Mode-User option
Backlight (LCD TV/LED LCD TV only)
  To control the brightness of the screen, adjust the brightness of LCD pan\
el. 
  Adjusting the backlight when setting the brightness of the set is recomm\
ended.
Contrast
  Adjusts the signal level between black and white in the picture. You may use Contrast when the bright  
  part of the picture is saturated.
Brightness
  Adjusts the base level of the signal in the picture.
Sharpness
  Adjusts the level of crispness in the edges between the light and dark a\
reas of the picture.
  The lower the level, the softer the image.
Colour
  Adjusts intensity of all colours.
Tint
  Adjusts the balance between red and green levels.
Colour Temp.  Adjust to left direction to make a picture reddish or adjust to right di\
rection to make a picture bluish.
It is not available to use this function in  “Intelligent Sensor ”. 
(Except for 32/37/42LD4
***)
• Press the MENU/EXIT button to return to normal TV viewing.
• Press the BACK button to move to the previous menu screen.
OK
Move 
●
 Aspect Ratio  : 16:9● Picture Wizard●     Energy Saving  : Off● Picture Mode  : Standard
 •  Backlight 70 
 •  Contrast 100
 •  Brightness 50
 
•Sh•Sh Sharpnarpnarpnessessess 707070
PICTURE
●  Picture Mode  : Standard
OK
Move 
●
 Aspect Ratio  : 16:9● Picture Wizard●  Energy Saving  : Intelligent Sensor●  Picture Mode  : Vivid
 •  Contrast 100
 •  Brightness 50
 
•Sh•Sh Sharpnarpnarpnessessess 707070 •Co•Co Colourlourlour7070 70
PICTURE
●  Picture Mode  : 
Vivid
Standard
Cinema Bright Room
Sport
Game
ꕋ  Expert1
ꕋ  Expert2
LCD TV/LED LCD TV only Plasma TV only
►►
1Select PICTURE.
2Select Picture Mode.
3Select Vivid, Standard, 
Cinema(Except for 
42/47/55LE8 ***), 
Sport  or Game.
4Select  Backlight,  Contrast, 
Brightness,  Sharpness, 
Colour, Tint  or Colour Temp. .
5Make appropriate adjustments.
1Select PICTURE.
2Select Picture Mode.
3Select Vivid, Standard,  Sport 
or  Game.
4Select  Contrast,  Brightness, 
Sharpness,  Colour
, Tint  or 
Colour Temp. .
5Make appropriate adjustments.
Intelligent Sensor
Vivid
Standard
Cinema
Sport
Game
ꕋ Expert1
ꕋ  Expert2
Standard►►
(Except for 42/47/55LE8
***)
Intelligent Sensor
Vivid
Standard
Cinema
Bright Room
Sport
Game
ꕋ  Expert1
ꕋ  Expert2
Standard►►
(only 42/47/55LE8
***)
 
						

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• Benefits of using Backlight
(LCD TV/LED LCD TV only)
- The electricity consumption is reduced by up to  60 %.
- The black brightness is reduced. (As the black has greater depth, you c\
an enjoy a better quality  definition.)
- 

You can adjust brightness with maintaining original signal resolution.
NOTE
 
► You cannot adjust colour, sharpness and tint in the RGB-PC/HDMI-PC mode.
 
► When the Expert 1/2 is selected, you can select Backlight,  Contrast, Brightness,  H Sharpness, 
V Sharpness , Colour or Tint.
 
						

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PICTURE IMPROVEMENT TECHNOLOGY
You can calibrate the screen for each Picture Mode or set the video value\
 according to the special 
video screen.
You can set the video value differently for each input.
To reset to the factory default screen after making adjustments to each v\
ideo mode, execute the 
“Picture Reset” function for each Picture Mode.
Image shown may differ from your TV.• 
Press the MENU/EXIT button to return to normal TV viewing.
• Press the BACK button to move to the previous menu screen.
1Select PICTURE.
2Select Advanced Control.
3
Select your desired Source.:
Dynamic Contrast ,  Dynamic Colour, Clear White(LCD TV/LED LCD TV only), 
Skin Colour  (LCD TV/LED LCD TV only), Noise Reduction , Digital Noise 
Reduction  (LCD TV/LED LCD TV only), Gamma, Black Level, Eye Care (LCD TV/
LED LCD 

TV only) , Real Cinema (LCD TV/LED LCD TV only), Film Mode (Plasma 
TV only),  Colour Gamut,  Edge Enhancer (Plasma 
 TV only) or xvYCC. (Refer to p. 
145 to 146)
4Make appropriate adjustments.
OK
Move PICTURE
 ShShSh•Sh•Sh•Sh•ShSh Sharpnarpnarpnarpnarpnarpnarpnppessessessessessessess 07070707070707070 • 
Colour 60
 •  Tint 0
 •  Colour Temp.
 •  Advanced Control
  • Picture Reset
• TruMotion  : Off
• Screen
 •  Advanced Control
RGW C
OKDynamic Contrast◄   Medium
    ►Dynamic ColourMedium
Skin Colour0
Noise ReductionMedium
Digital Noise ReductionMedium
Black LevelAuto
Clear WhiteOff
GammaMedium
Close
▼
RG
Dynamic Contrast◄   High    ►Dynamic ColourHigh
Noise ReductionMedium
Black LevelAuto
Colour GamutWide
Film ModeOff
GammaMedium
Close
▼
OK
Move PICTURE
 ShShSh•Sh•Sh•Sh•ShSh ShSarpnarpnarpnarpnarpnarpnarpnappessessessessessessess ess7070707070707070700 • 
Colour 60
 •  Tint 0
 •  Colour Temp.  0
 •  Advanced Control
  • Picture Reset
• TruMotion  : Off
• Screen
 •  Advanced Control
RGW C►►
LCD TV/LED LCD TV only Plasma TV only
Eye CareLow
 
						

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PICTURE CONTROL
EXPERT PICTURE CONTROL
By segmenting categories, Expert1 and Expert2 provide more categories which users can set as they 
see fit, offering the optimal picture quality for users.
This may also be used to help a professional optimize the TV performance using specific videos.
Image shown may differ from your TV.
• 
Press the MENU/EXIT button to return to normal TV viewing.
• Press the BACK button to move to the previous menu screen.
1Select PICTURE.
2Select Picture Mode.
3
Select      Expert1 or       Expert2.
4Select Expert Control.
5Select your desired Source.
6Make appropriate adjustments.
OK
Move 
●
 Aspect Ratio  : 16:9● Picture Wizard●   Energy Saving  : Off● Picture Mode  :  Standard
 • Backlight 70 
 • Contrast 90
 • Brightness 50
 
•H•H H SharSharSharpnespnespness70s70s 70
PICTURE
●  Picture Mode  :   Expert1
OK
Move PICTURE
 HHH•H•H•H•HH H ShShSharSharSharSharSharSharSharpnespnespnespnespnespnespnespp7070s70s70s70s70s70s70s 70 
• V Sharpness  60
 •  Colour 60
 •  Tint 0
 •  Advanced Control
  • Picture Reset
• TruMotion  : Off
• ScreenRG
  • Expert Control
Dynamic Contrast◄   Medium
    ►
Noise ReductionMediumDigital Noise ReductionMedium
Black LevelAuto
Real CinemaOn
Edge Enhancer
Expert PatternHigh
Off
xvYCCAuto
Colour GamutEBU
Close
▼
Dynamic Contrast◄   Off    ►
Noise ReductionOffGammaMedium
Black LevelAuto
Film ModeOff
Edge Enhancer
Expert PatternOff
Off
xvYCCAuto
Colour GamutStandard
Close
▼
Intelligent Sensor
Vivid
Standard
Cinema
Sport
Game
ꕋ  Expert1
       Expert2
       Expert1
LCD TV/LED LCD TV only Plasma TV only
 
						

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*This feature is not available for all models.
 
Dynamic Contrast
(Off/Low/Medium(LCD 
TV/LED LCD 

TV only)/
High) 
■ Adjusts the contrast to keep it at the best level according to the brigh\
tness of 
the screen. The picture is improved by making bright parts brighter and dark 
parts darker.
Dynamic Colour
(Off/Low/
Medium(Plasma TV only)  /High ) 
■ Adjusts screen colours so that they look livelier, richer and clearer. This fea-
ture enhances hue, saturation and luminance so that red, blue, green and\
 
white look more vivid.
Skin Colour
(-5 to 5) 
■ Adjusts skin colour of the picture so that user can set his favourite sk\
in 
colour.
Noise Reduction
(Off/Low/Medium/High/
Auto
(In Analogue  Mode  Only)
)
 
■ Reduces screen noise without compromising video quality. 
Digital Noise Reduction
(Low/Medium/High/Off) 
■ Reduces noise regarding MPEG compressed video.
Gamma
(Advanced Control:  Low/Medium/High  Expert Control:  1.9/2.2/2.4) 
■ You can adjust brightness of dark area and middle gray level area of the \
picture.
 • Low/1.9  : Makes dark and middle gray level area of the picture brighter.
 •  Medium/2.2  : Expresses original picture levels.
 •  High/2.4:  Makes dark and middle gray level area of the picture darker.
 
■ When  Antenna is used as input signal, it is set to Medium and deactivated.
(Plasma TV only)
Black Level
(Low/High/Auto)
• Low : The picture of the screen gets darker.• High  : The picture of the screen gets brighter.• Auto  : Sets black level of the screen to High or Low automatically according t\
o 
the input signal level.
 
■ This function enables to select Low or High in the following mode: 
AV(NTSC-M), HDMI or Component. Otherwise, Black level is set to Auto\
.
Clear White
(Off/Low/High)  
■ Makes the white area of the screen brighter and clearer
 .
Eye Care 
(Low/High/Of
 f)*This feature is not available for all models.
 
■ Adjusts the brightness of the screen automatically to the best level for\
 
eyes when the screen is too bright.
 
■ This feature is disable in “ Picture Mode-V
 ivid, Cinema,  Expert1, 
Expert2, Intelligent Sensor 
(Except for 32/37/42LD4 ***)”.
Real Cinema (LCD TV/
LED LCD 

TV only)/
Film Mode
(Plasma TV only) (On/Off)  
■ Y
 ou can watch a cinema-like video by eliminating judder effect. 
 
■ Uses this function when you watch film-originated movie contents. 
 
■ This function can work when 

TruMotion is off.
  
 
						

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Colour Gamut
(
LCD TV/LED LCD TV : 
Advanced Control & Plasma TV : 
Advanced Control/ Expert Control)
(Wide/Standard)• Standard :  Mode to use original colour area regardless of the display char-
acteristics.
• Wide:  Mode to use maximum colour area of the TV display.
Colour Gamut
(
LCD TV/LED LCD TV  : 
Expert Control)
(EBU/SMPTE/BT709/ Wide/Standard)
• Standard : Mode to use original colour area regardless of the display char-
acteristics.
• Wide  : Mode to use maximum colour area of the TV display.
• EBU : Mode to display EBU colour area.
• SMPTE : Mode to display SMPTE colour area.
• BT709 : Mode to display BT709 colour area.
Edge Enhancer
(LCD TV/LED LCD TV  :Off/Low/High
Plasma TV:On/Off ) 
■ Makes the edge of the picture clearer and distinctive.
 
■ This function can use in “Picture Mode-Expert.”  (LCD TV/LED LCD TV 
only)
xvYCC
(Auto/of
 f/on) *This feature is not available for all models. 
■ This is the function to express richer colour. 
 
■ This function is enabled in Picture mode - Cinema, Expert when xvYCC s\
ig-
nal is inputted through HDMI
Expert Pattern
(Off/Pattern1/Pattern2)  
■ This is the pattern necessary for checking the picture of Digital  TV. 
 
■ This function is enabled in Picture Mode - Expert when you watch DTV
 .
Colour Filter
(Off/Red/Green/Blue)  
■ This is the function to filter the specific colours of the video.
  You can use the RGB filter to set colour saturation and hue accurately.
 Colour Temperature
(Medium/Warm/Cool) This is the function to adjust the overall colour of the screen to the f\
eeling you want. 
a. • Method : 2 Points
 • Pattern: Inner, Outer
 • Red/Green/Blue Contrast, Red/Green/Blue Brightness:
  The adjustment range is  -50 to +50.
b. 
• Method : 10 point IRE(LCD TV/LED LCD TV), 20 Point IRE(Plasma TV)
 • Pattern: Inner / Outer
 • IRE (Institute of Radio Engineers) is the unit to display the size of \
the video sig-
nal and can be set among 10, 20, 30  to 100(LCD TV/LED LCD TV), 5, 10, 15 to 
100(Plasma TV) . You can adjust Red, Green or Blue according to each setting. 
 • Luminance: This function displays calculated luminance value for 2.2 gamma. 
You can input luminance value you want at 100 IRE, than the target lumina\
nce 
value for 2.2 gamma is displayed at every 10 steps from 10 IRE to 90 IRE\
. (LCD 
TV/LED LCD 

TV)
 • Red/Green/Blue: The adjustment range is  -50 to +50.
Colour Management  System  
■ As the tool used by the experts to make adjustments by using the test pa\
t-
terns, this does not af
fect other colours but can be used to selectively 
adjust the 6 colour areas (Red/Green/Blue/Cyan/Magenta/Yellow).
Colour difference may not be distinctive even when you make the adjust-
ments for the general video. 
 
■ Adjusts Red/Green/Blue/Yellow/Cyan/Magenta.
• Red/Green/Blue/Yellow/Cyan, Magenta Colour : The adjustment 
range is -30 to +30.
• Red/Green/Blue/Yellow/Cyan/Magenta Tint : The adjustment 
range is 
-30 to +30.
 
■ This feature is disable in RGB-PC and HDMI (PC) mode.