Mitsubishi Electronics 246 Series Using the TV with a Personal Computer, Computer Display Formats

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2. TV Setup

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Using the TV with a Personal Computer

Computer Video Adjustments

1.Power on the computer if it is not already on.

2.Select PC from the Input Selection menu. To do this, press INPUT to open the Input Selection menu, move the highlight to the PC icon, and press ENTER.

Tip

Set the computer’s screen saver to display a pattern after several minutes of inactivity. This acts as a reminder that the TV is powered on.

3.Working from the computer, change the resolution of the computer image. View the computer image on the TV and maximize the computer resolution while maintaining a suitable aspect ratio for the image.

4. Perform TV video adjustments. Press

Computer Display Formats

 

 

VIDEO repeatedly to access video-

Press the FORMAT key repeatedly to cycle through the TV displays

adjustment options. The following

available for your computer’s video signal.

 

 

additional adjustments are available

 

 

 

 

for computer video:

Computer Signal

As Displayed on TV Screen

Horiz Position (Horizontal Position).

Original Format

4 X 3

16 X 9

Zoom

Manually adjust the horizontal

Standard

Standard

position.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Vert Position (Vertical Position).

VGA

 

 

 

Manually adjust the vertical position.

640 X 480

 

 

 

5. Press FORMAT repeatedly to find the

WVGA

 

 

 

picture format best suited to the

 

 

 

image. See the chart on this page

848 X 480

 

 

 

showing how different computer reso-

 

 

 

 

lutions can be displayed on the TV.

SVGA

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

800 X 600

 

 

 

Distortion in Computer Images

WSVGA

 

 

 

1064 X 600

 

 

 

Computer images may show distortion

 

 

 

 

when viewed on the TV, e.g., lines that

Original Format

Standard

Zoom

 

should be straight may appear slightly

 

curved.

XGA

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Image Resolution

1024 X 768

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Your Mitsubishi TV can display resolutions

PC 720p

 

 

 

1280 X 720

 

 

 

from standard VGA (640 x 480) through

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1920 x 1080 signals at a refresh rate of

WXGA

 

 

 

60 Hz. See Appendix A, “Specifications”

 

 

 

(page 66) for more on compatible screen

1360 X 768

 

 

 

resolutions.

 

 

 

 

In most cases, the computer will select

SXGA

 

 

 

1280 X 1024

 

 

 

the best resolution match to display on

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

the TV. You can override this setting if you

 

 

 

 

wish. Refer to your computer operating

Original Format

Standard

Reduce

 

system’s instructions for information on

 

PC 1080p

 

 

 

changing the screen resolution.

 

 

 

You may need to restart the computer for

1920 X 1080

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

changes to take effect.

 

 

 

 

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