You will need the Dell Laptop with the Calman Software installed and the Klien Colorimeter and the Murido signal generator | This is stored in a case in the back of the helpdesk in CMA 3.104 |
Turn on Monitor so it warms up |
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Connect Murideo signal generator via USB to laptop. Make sure the Murideo drivers are installed |
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Plug in the HDMI out of the Murideo Signal Generator output to the TV you want to calibrate MAKE SURE IN USE HDMI 1 WHERE THE BLACKMAGIC I/O IS PLUGGEDSet the LG TV HDMI input to the input from the Murideo HDMI INPUT 1 |
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| Press the red ON button on the Murideo |
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| Now you should see the images from the Murideo on the TV |
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Murideo Signal Generator connected via USB - Use USB to Serial Port 4 on Laptop for the Murido Signal Generator |
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| On the Klien Camera remove the lens cap |
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and put on the Lens Hood on the Klien camera |
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Put the Klien on a tripod |
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| Another example of the camera pressed up against the monitor |
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| Connect the Klein Colorimeter via USB into the computer |
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Log into laptop | with UN comm - xxxxx and password |
Open Calman software on the laptop using the desktop shortcut
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Enter in the details and click Start Session (Sony TriMaster ex:) Display Model is PVMX-550 Choose Start Session |
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Hit Next Here |
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Setup the meter position Click Next |
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| Skip the Pre-Calibration Settings - Click Next | |
| On the LG Remote click the Gear Icon and then use the down arrow to get to All Settings |
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| Set the TV to Picture Mode isf Expert (Dark Room) |
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Turn off the lights in the room put in the CC environment |
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Do the Pre - Calibration View and Read Series to get an idea how the Monitor Looks ISF Dark is pretty good Click Next | |
Mode Settings put the LG in BT.1886On the LG Remote LG Remote > Gear Icon > All Settings > Advanced Settings >Brightness>Gamma > Leave at BT.1886 |
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In Gamma BT.1886 it is the closest to the Gamma Target Line Press Read Series or "Goal Post" Then Press Next | PICTURE here |
White Point and Color Space |
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| LG Remote > Star > All Settings > Advanced Settings > Color > White Balance |
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To set the White Point Select the White selector block |
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Then Click on the "Infinity button" and while it is running toggle through all the color temp settings that the TV has | |
Press and hold the Color Temp slider but Warm 50 is the best = default the dot is right in the white box | |
Now we need to set the right Color Space |
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LG Remote > Star > All Settings > Advanced Settings > Color . Color Gamut and leave it at Auto |
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Clarity All off and TruMotion is off Real Cinema Off |
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LG Remote > Star > All Settings > Advanced Settings > Brightness > Auto Dynamic is off and >Peak brightness off and >Video Range Not Auto - Do limited >Motion Eye Care Off | FG here |
LG Remote > Star > All Settings > Advanced Settings > Color > Color Gamut = Auto Fine Tune Color Adjustment make sure it is also off | FG Here |
LG Remote > Star > All Settings > Advanced Settings > Clarity > All off | FG Here |
| Once Everything is off click Next |
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Adjust LuminanceClick on Read Continuous lower left corner | |
LG Remote > Star > All Settings > Advanced Settings > Brightness and adjust the Contrast setting | |
Here are the specs 40 to 50 for a Dim Room our suites
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Note 4.112 Suite K contrast is set to 100 for a Dim Room Had a Peak White Luminance set to 43.2 fl | FG Here |
| Click Next |
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Next click on the Dynamic Range Click on Brightness button and set so that the |
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This is the result of the Read |
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Not Bad but can adjust Press Brightness button |
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Press Black Level not Brightness set black level to 58LG Remote > Star > All Settings > Advanced Settings > Brightness > Black Level You want to barely see 16 and 17 but should not see any squares below 16 those should be invisible. We set Black Level to 58-60 on the LG Monitors |
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| Press Contrast Menu in Calman Software - |
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to put up the White Pludge you want to see up to 254 and don't want to see any pink tones or noise? LG Remote > Star > All Settings > Advanced Settings > Brightness > Use Adjust Contrast on the LG to adjust this 82 seemed the best |
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| Once Brightness and Contrast are set Click Next |
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Gamma Settings controlLG Remote > Star > All Settings > Advanced Settings > Color > Color Gamut = Auto Auto looks the best so just leave on Auto |
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| Click Next |
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| Color Decoder - Skip this Step the LG's and Sonys don't have this |
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| Click on Next |
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| Resolution/Bit-Accuracy |
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| You can click on the test patterns here |
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Pull up ISF Geometry to check for OverScan Check for the white lines at the edges to make sure you are seeing everything - Not a crucial step so it's Optional LG Remote > Star > All Settings > Advanced Settings >. Aspect Ratio 16:9 Turn on JUST SCAN |
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| Click Next! | |
Greyscale Two Point Adjust | |
Select 80 Percent WhiteClick on the 80 percent button | ![]() |
| Click on the Continuous read button |
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You will go to your White Balance settings to find your RGB Gain and Bias LG Remote > Star > All Settings > Advanced Settings > Color >White Balance RGB balance RED = +2 Blue = -3 You want to adjust the Red Green and Blue controls until you get all 3 RGB colors to match exactly this is close but not exact This is what we ended up with |
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| Then we clicked on 30 % |
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Click on the Continuous read button |
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Repeat the same process for the 30 percent chip LG Remote > Star > All Settings > Advanced Settings > Color >White Balance RGB balance RED = +2 Blue = -3 You want to adjust the Red Green and Blue controls until you get all 3 RGB colors to match exactly this is close but not exact This is what we ended up with Toggle back and forth with the 80 and 30 toggle till you get the Bias's and Gains to be absolutely flat Picture here |
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| Finally after you are finished do a Goal Post "Read Series" to get the final reading to make sure all's good. |
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| Final reading delta E should be below 1 | FG or two point here |
| click Next |
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Grayscale and Gamma Multipoint Adjust |
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LG Remote > Star > All Settings > Advanced Settings > Color > White Balance > Method > Change to 10 Points |
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| Click on Read Series "Goal Post" |
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LG Remote > Star > All Settings > Advanced Settings > Color > White Balance > Signal Level % and this is where we'll change the signal level of the TV from 10 to 100 percent to match the chip on the calman software |
You would have to adjust the RGB on every point if you have that on your TV this is called Multipoint greyscale instead of two point that we do on the Sony Trinitron.
We don't have these options in this TV. Because we only 2 Hi and Low and we don't have a control called RGB balance or alike. . . .
Click Next
Color Management System CMS Adjust
On the TV go to the Color Management RED setting Luminance
Click on Infinity button on the calman use the remote to adjust the Luminance, Then Tint, then Saturation.
Try to get the dot in the box.
See pic #7
Red Green Blue get Gamut Luminance to 0 or close by playing with Luminance and Saturation
The Delta controls get them to 0 or close
Delta L = Luminance
Delta C = Chroma
Delta H = Hue
Read the white #'s the Target numbers are what you are trying to get the current readings to match.
OLED New LG – set the backlight for Day Mode
Color Workflow for CMS Primary Colors Red, Green and Blue
Pick Green go to infinity mode
Start adjusting with Luminance
Increase/decrease the luminance
Saturation increase/decrease
Tint increase / decrease
Go back to Luminance
Next Re – Read all 6 Colors again pressing the "Goal Post"
Color Workflow for CMS Secondary Colors Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, White
Pick Cyan go to infinity mode
Start adjusting with Hue or tint
Luminace adjust
Pick Magenta
Start Adjust Tint/hue
Saturation
Then finally Luminance adjust till you get in the hole
Pick Yellow
Start Adjust Tint/hue
Saturation
Then finally Luminance adjust till you get in the hole
Run the "Goal Post" again to see how all the 6 colors are affected
You will usually do two passes
go down to Color Management System
Click on the "Goal Post"
Select the RED Color then Right click on Gamut Luminance area of the image and choose Properties tells us the exact percentage we are off on RED
This shows on the scale how far we are off
If you click on the color of the box as we have clicked on Green then you will get the close up of the offset of the color green dot is out of the box.
Saturation Sweeps to show where the saturation falls
Pick a color in the lower left corner to choose white.
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Re check the White Levels
You will get the Black Pluge Slide back up and the White Pluge slide back up set these again and set these by eye
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Press Brightness and will get the controls to adjust for the Black PLUGE test pattern – You want to barely see 16 and 17 but should not see any squares below 16 those should be invisible
Press Contrast button to put up the White Pludge you want to see up to 254 and don't want to see any pink tones or noise?
Now go to the Sony OLED and lets compare
Go to ETOF and set it to 2.4
ColorChecker Analysis
.4 not visible .6 is visable then you should try to fix it.