RCA 50LB45RQ LCD TV – Software Upgrade – Color Balance Adjust – White Balance Adjust

REC8 (it is for version 2012) series main board has a USB SERVICE port, which is reserved for service use only. Upgrade the firmware according to the instruction below.

Direct upgrading (do not need normal display)

Get an empty USB disk with size not larger than 2GB, copy firmware file (CompBase.bin, or AIICompBase.bin) to the root directory of disk.
Note: the size of USB disk cannot be larger than 2GB, and before copying the firmware file, make sure the disk is empty.
And the file must be placed in the root directory.

Turn off the TV, insert the USB disk into the SERVICE jack on the side panel of TV and then turn on the TV. After turned on, the TV's LED indicator will shine red and blue alternately. Wait for about one and half a minute to accomplish the upgrading.
Note: DO NOT power off or unplug the TV while upgrading.

Factory upgrading (need normal display)

Get an empty USB disk with size not larger than 2GB, copy firmware file (AIICompBase.bin only) to the root directory of disk.
Note: the size of USB disk cannot be larger than 2GB, and before copying the firmware file, make sure the disk is empty.
And the file must be placed in the root directory.

Turn on the TV, insert the USB disk into the SERVICE jack on the side panel of TV. Then press the remote control buttons "MENU" => "1147" to enter factory menu.

Choose "USB UPDATE" and press OK. If there are "CompBase.bin" and "AlICompBase.bin" in the disk at the same time, be sure to select "AIICompBase.bin" to update. The upgrading phenomenon is the same to direct upgrading.
Note: DO NOT power off or unplug the TV while upgrading, otherwise the upgrading will fail, and the main board will be unable to upgrade normally any more.

Upgrade Color Balance Table and Backlight configuration file

When you finish upgrading the basic software, it will display the software date in the factory main menu.

Download the color balance table file (CompQuality.bin) and back-light configuration files (ComScaling.bin) to the USB disk. The way of upgrading the color balance table is the same as upgrading the basic software.

NOTE

1 The order of upgrading TV software: Firstly, basic main board software; Secondly, back-light configuration files and colour table.
2. Make sure that there are two files in the USB disk (ComScaling.bin and CompQuality.bin), insert the USB disk to the TV, and then press POWER button to turn on the TV, it will spend 10s to finish upgrading the software.
3. When finish to upgrade the back-light configuration file, the TV will upgrade the colour table automatically.
4. Pull out the USB disk after finishing upgrading software.
5. DO NOT power off or unplug the TV while upgrading, otherwise the upgrading will fail, and the main board will be unable to upgrade normally any more.

After finish to upgrade the software, the software date will change:

In "VERSION INFO", it displays the panel model and Back-light Adjust.

Adjust Color Balance Table (White Balance)

FACTORY MAIN MENU has a WB function; you can adjust the white balance in this menu by adjusting R/G/B value. Press the remote control buttons "MENU" => "1147" to enter the factory menu.

Choose "WB"(White Balance) and press OK to enter the submenu.

Press left/right button to select the color temperature mode: Warm, Normal, Cool.
Press Up/Down button to select the R Drive/G Drive/B Drive/R Cutoff/G Cutoff/B Cutoff.

Note:

1. The RGB Drive affects the white field mainly:

 the RGB Cutoff affects the black field mainly.

2. In WB menu, you can adjust the color temperature, but the data cannot be updated to the TV system automatically, you can write down the date that you want and contact the factory to update the software.
3. Color balance table upgrade is not available for models produced before 2012.