Insignia ns-l42q-10a User Guide

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1 On the Picture menu, press   or   to highlight 

Advanced Video, then press OK/ENTER or  . 
The Advanced Video menu opens.

2 Press   to highlight an option, then press 

OK/ENTER to access the sub-menu. You can 
select:

• Aspect Ratio—Selects the aspect ratio. You 

can select Normal, Zoom, Wide, Cinema, or 
Auto. Auto is only available under TV mode 
and when Auto Zoom on the Channels menu 
is set to On. In VGA mode or HDMI mode when 
a computer is connected to the HDMI jack, 
only Wide and Normal are available.

• Color temperature—Selects the color 

temperature to change the overall color of the 
picture. You can select Cool, Normal, or 
Warm.

• Backlight—Controls the overall brilliance of 

the screen. You can adjust the backlight 
through a range of 0~30.

• Noise Reduction—Controls video noise. You 

can select Off, Low, Middle, or High.

• Advanced Contrast—When you see the 

pop-up menu, set Adaptive Contrast to On to 
adjust picture detail and brightness 
automatically and/or set Dynamic Contrast to 
On to automatically adjust the contrast 
between the light and dark areas of the 
picture.

3 Press   or

 to modify a scale or to move from 

left to right to make a choice in a submenu. 
Press   or   to move up or down when 
selecting from a list of choices in a submenu.

4 Press MENU to go to the previous menu or EXIT 

to close the menu.

• Press FREEZE. Press again to unfreeze the 

picture.

1 Press MENU. The on-screen menu opens with 

the Picture menu displayed.

2 Press   or

 to select AUDIO. The Audio menu 

opens.

3 Press  

to 

highlight 

Equalizer, then press 

OK/ENTER to open the submenu

4 Press  

or  

to 

select 

On or Off, then press 

OK/ENTER to return to the Audio menu.

The Equalizer setting affects other settings you 
can adjust.

5 Press   to highlight an option, then press 

OK/ENTER to access the sub-menu. You can 
select:

• Equalizer (set to Off )—You can adjust the 

following options by pressing   or   to select 
the option: 

• Treble—Adjust high frequency sound.
• Bass—Adjust low frequency sound.
• SRS TruSurround HD—Provides the 

ultimate home theater sound solution. You 
can select On or Off.

.

Do not freeze the picture for long periods of time. 
You may damage your TV’s screen.

Picture Advanced Video

Aspect Ratio

Overscan

Color Temperature

Backlight

Noise Reduction

PICTURE

AUDIO

CHANNELS

SETTINGS

MOVE

SELECT

PREVIOUS

EXIT

Auto

On

Cool

30

Middle

Advanced Contrast

Adjust how the picture fills the screen

OK

ENTER

Unless otherwise noted, all tasks in this section are 
based on using the remote control.

If SRS TruSurround HD is set to On and you set 
Equalizer to On again, SRS TruSurround HD will be 
set to Off automatically.

Picture

Mode

Brightness

Contrast

Color

Tint

PICTURE

AUDIO

CHANNELS

SETTINGS

MOVE

SELECT

PREVIOUS

EXIT

Adjust settings to affect picture quality

Vivid

42

45

54

0

Sharpness

+5

OK

ENTER

Audio

Equalizer

Equalizer Mode

Equalizer Setting

Balance

Digital Audio/SPDIF

PICTURE

AUDIO

CHANNELS

SETTINGS

MTS/SAP

MOVE

SELECT

PREVIOUS

EXIT

Adjust settings to affect sound quality

On

Standard

0

RAW

Mono

OK

ENTER