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Adjust Theme Settings

PlayStation®3

Customise your PS3 system's Background, Theme and Font

Customise your PlayStation 3 with different colours, pictures and icons.

Theme Settings

[Theme] is an option under Settings > [Theme Settings]. You can use this option to customise the PS3 Home Menu icons or background design.
You can download themes from PlayStation Store or from the SCE web site for your region.

The options available include:

Install: Install a theme that is saved on storage media onto the hard disk.

Original: Set to the original theme.

Air Paint: Set to the Air Paint theme.

(theme name): Select a theme that is saved on the hard disk.

  • When a theme file contains more than one background design, the background will change at random.

Additional Theme Settings

[Colour], [Background] and [Font] are options under Settings > [Theme Settings].

Colour

This option lets you set the background color of the PS3 Home Menu screen.

Original: Set to the original background colour.
(colour swatches): Set the selected color as the background colour.

Background

This option lets you set the background used in the theme or the image selected as wallpaper under Photo as the background of the PS3 Home Menu screen.

If you select [Brightness], the brightness of the PS3 Home Menu background will change. By changing the brightness of the background, you can make the PS3 Home Menu icons easier to see.

Brightness: Change the brightness of the background.
Original: Set to the original theme.
(theme name): Set to use the background of a theme that has been set under [Theme].
Wallpaper: Set the image that has been selected as wallpaper under Photo as the background.

  • When a theme file contains more than one background design, the background will change at random.

Font

This option lets you set the font type to be used in the PS3 Home Menu screen or in messages under Friends.

Original: Use the default font.
Rounded : Use the Rounded font.
Rimouski: Use the Rimouski font.

  • When the system language of the PS3 system is set to Korean, simplified Chinese characters or traditional Chinese characters, you cannot adjust settings under [Font].
  • When the system language of the PS3 system is set to Russian, you cannot select the [Rimouski] font.

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