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The Vizio SV470XVT is very simple and elegant. There are only three options at the top level and if you don't want complexity you can simply make mode adjustments to audio and pictures from there. For the more enterprising amongst you there are plenty of options to be found in sub-menus.
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Ease of Use (7.0)
The Vizio SV470XVT's menu system is very simple and straightforward. Enter the menu system and you get three options, Picture, Audio Mode and Setup. The first two can easily be adjusted to one of several presets by selecting them and pressing left/right on the Remote's directional pad (D-Pad). Press the center select key to see more discrete options for each, most of which can be adjusted using left/right once again. We also like that the styling of the Vizio SV470XVT's menu has been improved over the Vizio VO47L, which had a much less elegant tabbed interface.
The main menu is very simple and straightforward.Picture Controls (7.0)
At the top level of the menu system you can choose from a variety of presets that change several controls to try and provide a better viewing experience. These presets include Custom, Standard, Movie, Game, Vivid, Football, Golf, Basketball and Baseball. You can see that if you like to watch sports you're set. If not you may want to delve further into the Picture menu.
Most of the common picture adjustments are found in the main Picture menu.Here you can manually adjust some standard settings like Backlight, Brightness, Contrast, Color, Tint and Sharpness. There's also an option to access Advanced Video controls.
There's also an advanced picture menu for more escoteric settings.Advanced Video controls give you access to the following features: Noise Reduction, Color Enhancement, Advanced Adaptive Luma, Enhanced Contrast Ratio, Color Temperature and Smooth Motion. For more information about what these options do see our Viewing Effects section.
Audio Controls (6.0)
You can switch between several different Audio preset options at the top-level of the menu system. Your preset options are Flat, Rock, Pop, Classic and Jazz. Enter the menu to get access to more advanced controls. Here you can access the Equalizer, Balance, Digital Audio Out, Speakers, Analog Audio Out, Lip Sync, Sound Effect and DRC. That last items turns dynamic range compression on or off.
 
The audio menu provides two pages of audio options.Other Controls (7.0)
All other options are found in the Setup menu. Here you can adjust the Language, PIP, Sleep Timer, Screen Mode, Input Naming, Closed Captioning and Parental controls.
The setup menu is where you'll find all the other features.Manual (8.0)
The Vizio SV470XVT's manual is the size of a magazine and has nice large font and bold orange headers, which makes it easier to use. We also like that it has both a table of contents and an index, so you can find exactly what you're looking for. it's much more accessible and easy to use than some of the small-print book-like manuals that you see for other televisions.
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