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Screen Formats
The pictures you receive may be transmitted in 16:9 format (wide screen) or 4:3 format (conventional
screen). 4:3 pictures sometimes have a black band at the left and right of the screen. This function
allows you to optimise the picture display on screen.
If your television is a 4:3 screen
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Press the
If your television is a wide screen
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Press the
automatic switching which will select the correct screen format, provided that the specific signals are
transmitted with the programmes.
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key (or Î ï) to select the different modes.
4:3
This format is recommended if you want to display the 4:3 picture using the full
surface of the screen.
Expand 4:3
When this format is selected, the picture is vertically expanded, thus reducing the
horizontal black bars.
Compress 16:9
The format is recommended if you want to compress full screen movie images
into letterbox format. When this format is selected, black horizontal bars can be
seen at the top and bottom of the TV screen.
key (or Í Æ) to select the different modes. This TV set is also equipped with
4:3
The picture is reproduced in 4:3 format and a black band is displayed on either
side of the picture.
Zoom 14:9
The picture is enlarged to 14:9 format, a thin black band remains on both sides of
the picture.
Zoom 16:9
The picture is enlarged to 16:9 format. This mode is recommended when
displaying pictures which have black bands at the top and bottom (letterbox
format).
Subtitle Zoom
This mode is used to display 4:3 pictures using the full surface of the screen
leaving the sub-titles visible.
Superwide
This mode is used to display 4:3 pictures using the full surface of the screen by
enlarging the sides of the picture.
Widescreen
This mode displays images in full screen.
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