LG LED LCD TV 32LD550 User Manual

							   
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For LED LCD TV/LCD TV
9ENTERAdjust Horizontal 
Sharpness.
10
ENTERAdjust Vertical 
Sharpness.
11
ENTERAdjust Backlight.8ENTERAdjust Color.
12
FAVMARK
CHAR/NUM
Select input source to 
apply the settings.
13ENTERSave.
14ENTERFinish the Picture Wizard.
ꔛ If  you  stop  the  Picture  Wizard  before  the 
final step, the changes will not be saved to 
the TV. 
ꔛ Once  the Picture  Wizard  sets  the  picture 
quality, Energy  Saving  is  changed  to Off 
automatically.
ꔛ To  reset  changes  made  by Picture Wizard, 
operate Picture  Reset  when Picture  Mode 
is on Expert1.
Color
Set the screen above identical to the Recommended sample below.
• Color  50
LowHighRecommended
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Horizontal Sharpness
Set the screen above identical to the Recommended sample below.
• H Sharpness 50
LowHighRecommended
ꕉ Previous� Next
◀▶
Vertical Sharpness
Set the screen above identical to the Recommended sample below.
• V Sharpness 50
LowHighRecommended
ꕉ Previous� Next
◀▶
Backlight
Set the Backlight to your Brightness preference.
• Backlight 30
DarkBrightRecommended
ꕉ Previous� Next
◀▶
Complete
Select (an) input(s) to apply the settings.
ꔑ DTV
□ TV
□ AV1
□ AV2
□ Component1
□ Component2
□ RGB-PC
ꔑ HDMI1
ꔑ HDMI2
ꔑ HDMI3
ꔑ HDMI4
Warning: The picture quality may vary according to the different types of signal and inputs.
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ꕊ ENERGY SAVING
It reduces the TV’s power consumption.
The default factory setting is adjusted to the comfortable level to be viewed at home.
You can increase the brightness of your screen by adjusting the Energy Saving level or by adjusting the 
Picture Mode.
LED LCD TV,
LCD TV
Plasma TV
1MENUSelect PICTURE.
2ENTERSelect ꕊ Energy Saving. 
3ENTERSelect your desired menu option.
4
BACKReturn to the previous menu.
EXITReturn to TV viewing.
ꔛ When  selecting Screen  off,  the 
screen  will  turn  off  after  3  seconds. 
Pressing  any  button  of  the  remote 
controller  will  turn  on  the  screen 
again.
ꔛ If  you  adjust  “Energy  Saving-Auto, 
Maximum”, Backlight  option  will  not 
work (For LED LCD TV/LCD TV).
ꔛ When  selecting  “Energy  Saving  - 
Off, Minimum,    or Medium,  you  can 
adjust Backlight  feature  (For  LED 
LCD TV/LCD TV).
ꔛ If  you  adjust  “Energy  Saving-
Intelligent  Sensor”,  Sharpness,  Color, 
Color  Temperature  feature  will  not 
work (For Plasma TV).
ꔛ When  selecting Auto, Backlight  is 
automatically  adjusted  through 
Intelligent  Sensor  according  to  the 
surrounding  conditions.  (For  LED 
LCD TV/LCD TV)
ꔛ When selecting Off, Energy Saving is 
not used.
ꔛ Press  the ENERGY  SAVING  button 
repeatedly  to  select  the  appropriate 
Energy Saving.
ꔛ Intelligent Sensor: The most suitable 
picture  is  automatically  adjusted 
according  to  the  surrounding  condi-
tions (For Plasma TV).
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• Aspect Ratio  : 16:9• Picture Wizard• ꕊ Energy Saving  : Off• Picture Mode  : Standard    • Backlight 70     • Contrast 90    • Brightness 50    • Sharpness 70
• Aspect Ratio  : 16:9• Picture Wizard• ꕊ Energy Saving  : Off• Picture Mode  : Standard    • Backlight 70     • Contrast 100    • Brightness 50    • Sharpness 70
□ Autoꔑ Off□ Minimum□ Medium□ Maximum□ Screen Off
□ Intelligent Sensorꔑ Off□ Minimum□ Medium□ Maximum□ Screen Off
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PRESET PICTURE SETTINGS (PICTURE MODE)
There are factory presets for picture settings available in the user menus. You can use a preset, 
change each setting manually, or use the Intelligent Sensor.
1MENUSelect PICTURE.
2ENTERSelect Picture Mode. 
3ENTERSelect your desired menu option.
4
BACKReturn to the previous menu.
EXITReturn to TV viewing.
□ Intelligent Sensor□ Vividꔑ Standard□ Cinema□ Sport□ Game□ � Expert1□ � Expert2
Other models47/55LE8500Plasma TV
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ꔛ Vivid, Standard, Cinema, Sport,  and Game Settings  are  preset  for  the  optimum  picture quality at the factory.
ꔛ Vivid: This is the mode to maximize the effect of  the  video  in  the  retail  store.  Strengthen  the contrast,  brightness,  color  and  sharpness  for vivid picture.
ꔛ Standard: This is the mode to realize optimum viewing condition for the general user.
ꔛ ꕭ (Auto Power Saving): This is the mode to maximize  reducing  the  power  consumption without  hurting  the  picture  quality.  This  fea-tures is available only on Plasma TV.
ꔛ Cinema: This mode optimizes video for watch-ing movies.ꔛ ꔧ Cinema:  This  is  cinema  quality  mode  to provide you the experience of watching a movie at  home.  The  user  will  be  able  enjoy  the  best level of satisfactory screen quality in any movie without any separate adjustments. ꔧ Cinema express  the  optimal  screen  quality  when  it  is darkest. When  selecting ꔧ Cinema,  Aspect  ratio changes to Just scan.
ꔛ ꔧ Bright  Room:  This  is  the  specification  to optimize TV viewing in Bright Room. When selecting ꔧ Bright Room, Aspect ratio changes to Just scan.
ꔛ Sport:  This  is  the  video  mode  to  emphasize dynamic  video  and  primary  color  (e.g,  white, uniform,  grass,  sky  blue  etc.)  by  realizing  the optimal screen for sports.
ꔛ Game: This is the mode to realize fast response speed in a fast gaming screen.
ꔛ Expert: This is the mode to adjust the video in detail for video quality expert and general user.
ꔛ You  can  also  adjust Picture  Mode  in  the Q.MENU.ꔛ When  selecting Intelligent  Sensor, Energy Saving  is  changed  to Auto  automatically  (For LED LCD TV/LCD TV).ꔛ When  selecting Intelligent  Sensor,  it  changes Backlight, contrast, brightness, sharpness, color 
and  tint  automatically  (For  LED  LCD  TV/LCD TV).ꔛ Intelligent Sensor: The most suitable picture is automatically  adjusted  according  to  the  sur-rounding conditions.
□ Vividꔑ Standard□ ꕭ□ ꔧ Cinema□ ꔧ Bright Room□ Sport□ Game□ �Expert1□ �Expert2
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MANUAL PICTURE ADJUSTMENT - USER MODE
Adjust the picture appearance to suit your preference and viewing situations.
1MENUSelect PICTURE.
2ENTERSelect Picture Mode. 
3ENTERSelect your desired menu option.
4ENTER
Select Backlight  (For  LED  LCD  TV/LCD 
TV),  Contrast , Brightness , Sharpness , 
Color,  Tint, Color  Temp.,  or  Advanced 
Control.
5ENTERMake appropriate adjustments.
6
BACKReturn to the previous menu.
EXITReturn to TV viewing.
ꔛ Backlight (For LED LCD TV/LCD TV): 
This  function  adjusts  the  brightness 
of  the  backlight  behind  the  LCD 
screen.  Adjusting  the  backlight  is 
recommended  when  setting  the 
brightness of the TV. When decreas-
ing  the  backlight,  the  brightness  of 
the  black  becomes  darker  without 
any  loss  in  video  signal  and  the 
power consumption is reduced.
ꔛ Backlight  can  only  be  adjusted  in  " 
Energy  Saving  -  Off, Minimum,    or 
Medium".
ꔛ Contrast:  Increase  or  decrease  the 
gradient of the video signal. You may 
use Contrast when the bright part of 
the picture is saturated.
ꔛ Brightness: Adjusts the base level of 
the signal in the picture. You may use 
Brightness when the dark part of the 
picture is saturated.
ꔛ Sharpness: Adjusts the level of crisp-
ness  in  the  edges  between  the  light 
and  dark  areas  of  the  picture.  The 
lower the level, the softer the image.
ꔛ Color: Adjusts intensity of all colors.
ꔛ Tint:  Adjusts  the  balance  between 
red and green levels.
ꔛ Color Temp.: Set to warm to enhance 
hotter  colors  such  as  red,  or  set  to 
cool  to  enhance  cooler  colors  such 
as blue.
• Backlight           70
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PICTURE IMPROVEMENT TECHNOLOGY 
(ADVANCED CONTROL)
Advanced Control allows you to adjust some of the advanced features of your LG display.
To reset to the factory default after making adjustments to each input source, execute the Picture 
Reset function for each Picture Mode.
1MENUSelect PICTURE.
2ENTERSelect Advanced Control.
3ENTERSelect your desired menu option.
4Make appropriate adjustments.
5
BACKReturn to the previous menu.
EXITReturn to TV viewing.
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   • Color 60    • Tint 0    • Color Temp. 0    • Advanced Control   • Picture Reset• TruMotion  : Low• Screen (RGB-PC)• LED Local Dimming  : On
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Dynamic ColorOff
Clear WhiteOff
Skin Color0
Noise ReductionOff
Digital Noise ReductionOff
GammaMedium
Black LevelLow  
Eye CareLow
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Close
 Dynamic Contrast◀    Low    ▶
Dynamic ColorOff
Noise ReductionOff
GammaMedium
Black LevelLow
Film ModeOff
Color GamutWide
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Close
LED LCD TV,
LCD TV
Plasma TV   
						

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EXPERT PICTURE CONTROL
� Expert1 and � Expert2 provide even more advanced picture settings for users. Typical used by 
professionals for calibrating the TV.
1MENUSelect PICTURE.
2ENTERSelect Picture Mode.
3ENTERSelect � Expert1 or � Expert2.
4ENTERSelect Expert Control.
5ENTERSelect your desired menu option.
6Make appropriate adjustments.
7
BACKReturn to the previous menu.
EXITReturn to TV viewing.
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    • H Sharpness 70
    • V Sharpness 70    • Color 70    • Tint 70    • Expert Control   • Picture Reset• TruMotion  : Low• Screen (RGB-PC)
• LED Local Dimming  : On
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Dynamic Contrast◀        Off        ▶
Noise ReductionOff
Digital Noise ReductionOff
Black LevelLow
Real CinemaOn
Color GamutWide
Edge EnhancerHigh
xvYccAuto
Expert PatternOff
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Dynamic Contrast◀        Off        ▶
Noise ReductionOff
GammaMedium
Black LevelLow
Film ModeOn
Color GamutWide
Edge EnhancerHigh
xvYccAuto
Expert PatternOff
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LED LCD TV,
LCD TV
Plasma TV
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Dynamic Contrast
ꔛ Adjusts the contrast to keep it at the best level according to the brightness of the screen. The picture is improved by making bright parts brighter and dark parts darker.
Dynamic Color
ꔛ Adjusts screen colors so that they look livelier, richer and clearer. This fea-ture enhances hue, saturation and luminance so that red, blue, and green look more vivid.
Skin Colorꔛ It detects the skin area of video and adjusts it to express a natural skin color. 
Noise Reductionꔛ Reduces screen noise without compromising video quality.
Digital Noise 
Reductionꔛ Removes noise caused by compressing video.
Gamma
ꔛ You can adjust brightness of dark areas and middle gray level areas of the picture. 
Low : Make brighter and middle gray level areas of the picture brighter.
Medium : Express original picture levels.
High: Make dark and middle gray level areas of the picture darker.
Black Level
Low: The reflection of the screen gets darker.
High: The reflection of the screen gets brighter.ꔛ Set black level of the screen to proper level.ꔛ This function is available in the following modes: TV, AV (NTSC-M), HDMI or Component.
Clear Whiteꔛ Make the white area of screen brighter and more white.
Eye Care
ꔛ Adjust the brightness of the screen to prevent the screen from being too bright. Dims extremely bright pictures.ꔛ This feature is enabled in “Picture Mode-Standard, Sports, Game”.
Real Cinema 
or
Film Mode
ꔛ Makes video clips recorded in film look more natural by eliminating judder effect.ꔛ DVD  and  Blu-ray  movies  are  filmed  at  24  frames  per  second  (fps).  With LG Real Cinema, every frame is consistently processed 5 times in 1/24 of a second producing 120 fps with TruMotion or 2 times in 1/24 of a second producing  48  fps  without  TruMotion,  thus  totally  eliminating  the  judder effect.ꔛ This function can also work when TruMotion is off.
Color Gamut
LED LCD TV/LCD TV: Advanced Control 
Plasma TV: Advanced Control, Expert Control 
Standard/sRGB: Displays standard set of colors.
Wide: Increase number of colors used. ꔛ Maximize the utilization of colors to increase color quality. 
LED LCD TV/LCD TV: Expert Control ꔛ Displays color domain of the signal.
Standard: Displays standard set of colors.
Wide: Increase number of colors used. 
EBU: Mode to display EBU standard color area.
SMPTE: Mode to display SMPTE standard color area.
BT709: Mode to display BT709 standard color area.
 
*This feature is not available for all models.   
						

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Edge Enhancerꔛ Show clearer and distinctive yet natural edges in the video.
xvYCC
ꔛ This produces richer colors. 
ꔛ This feature represents rich color as much as conventional video signal.
ꔛ This function  is  enabled  in  "Picture  mode  - Cinema  / ꔧ Cinema  / ꔧ 
Bright Room, � Expert" when a xvYCC signal is inputted through HDMI.
Color Filterꔛ This function filters specific colors in the video.   
    You can use the RGB filter to set color saturation and hue accurately.
Expert Pattern
ꔛ This is a pattern used for expert adjustment. 
ꔛ This function  is  enabled  in  "Picture  mode  - � Expert" when you watch 
DTV.
Color Temperature
ꔛ Adjusts the overall color of the screen by changing the white baseline. 
a. Gamma : Select 1.9, 2.2, 2.4
b. Method : 2 Points
- Pattern: Inner, Outer
- Red/Green/Blue Contrast, Red/Green/Blue Brightness:
  The adjustment range is -50 - +50.
c-1. Method :  10 Point IRE (LED LCD TV, LCD TV)
- Pattern: Inner, Outer
- IRE (Institute of Radio Engineers) is the unit to display the size of the video signal and can be set among 10, 20, 30 - 100. 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, then  the target luminance value for 2.2 gamma is displayed at every 10 steps from 10 IRE to 90 IRE.
- Red/Green/Blue: The adjustment range is -50 - +50.
c-2. Method : 20 Point IRE (Plasma TV)
- IRE (Institute of Radio Engineers) is the unit to display the size of the video signal  and  can  be  set  among  5,  10,  15  -  100. You  can  adjust  Red,  Green or Blue according to each setting.
- Red/Green/Blue: The adjustment range is -50 - +50.
d. Apply to all inputs
Color Management 
System
ꔛ A tool used by the experts to make adjustments by using the test patterns, 
this does not affect other colors but can be used to selectively adjust the 
6 color areas (Red/Green/Blue/Cyan/Mgt/Yellow).
 Color  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  Color:  The  adjustment  range  is 
-30 - +30.
- Red/Green/Blue/Yellow/Cyan/Magenta Tint: The adjustment range is -30 
- +30.
- This feature is disabled in RGB-PC and HDMI-PC mode.   
						

							   
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PICTURE RESET
Settings of the selected picture modes return to the default factory settings.
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   • Color 60    • Tint 0    • Color Temp. 0    • Advanced Control   • Picture Reset• TruMotion  : Low• Screen (RGB-PC)• LED Local Dimming  : On
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NoYes
All picture settings will be reset.Continue??
1MENUSelect PICTURE.
2ENTERSelect Picture Reset.
3ENTERSelect Yes.
4ENTERInitialize the adjusted value.
EXITReturn to TV viewing.   
						

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TRUMOTION - For LED LCD TV, LCD TV 
Advance video technology that provides clearer, smoother images, even during fast action scenes cre-
ating a more stable structure for a crisper picture.
ꔛ Off: Turn off TruMotion operation.
ꔛ Low:  Provides  smooth  picture  move-
ment.  Use  this  setting  for  standard 
use.
ꔛ High:  Provides  smoother  picture 
movement.
ꔛ Judder: Adjusts noise of the screen.
ꔛ Blur: Adjusts after-image of the screen.
ꔛ TruMotion works with all inputs except 
PC mode.
ꔛ If you enable "TruMotion", noise may 
appear  on  the  screen. If  this  occurs, 
set "TruMotion" to "Off".
ꔛ If  you  select  "Picture  Mode-Game" 
set "TruMotion" to "Off".
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TruMotion◀    Low    ▶
• Judder            5
• Blur                5
1MENUSelect PICTURE.
2ENTERSelect TruMotion. 
3ENTERSelect Low, High, User, or Off.   
4ENTERSelect Judder or Blur.   
5Make appropriate adjustments.
6
BACKReturn to the previous menu.
EXITReturn to TV viewing.
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Adjustment for TruMotion (Judder 
and Blur) with selecting User
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