SYSTEM OPTIONS AND PREFERENCES
TRANSLUCENCY
You can adjust the level of translucency that the menu screens and program guides possess. Adjust the slider up for more translucency (the video behind the menu and guides will be more visible) or down for less translucency (less video will be shown behind the menu or guides).
DEFAULT GUIDE
By default, the Detail Guide appears when you press GUIDE on the remote control, no matter if you access the DIRECTV® programming guide or the TV guide. You can change the default guide from the Detail Guide to the Grid Guide or SurfGuide (DIRECTV only).
1.Select Preferences from the main menu, then select Default Guide.
2.Use the arrows and OK to choose which guide you want to appear first when you press the GUIDE button on the remote control.
SCREEN FORMAT
If you receive an image with a 4:3 aspect ratio, the image will be displayed at that ratio on your HDTV unless you specify otherwise. The Screen Format menu allows you to adjust the image through the following options:
Normal Choose this when receiving a 4:3 image and you want the
Smooth Wide Choose this when receiving a 4:3 image and you do not want side panels on the right and left sides of the screen. The television will proportionally adjust the image horizontally so it fills your 16:9 screen with no apparent distortion or side panels added.
Full Choose this when you want the television to adjust the 4:3 image horizontally so it fills your 16:9 screen. No side panels will be added, and the image is vertically unaltered. This setting is especially useful for viewing 16:9 formatted DVDs.
Fill Choose this when receiving a 4:3 image and you do not want side panels on the right and left sides of the screen. The television will adjust the image both horizontally and vertically so it fills the height and width of your 16:9 screen with no side panels added. It will also maintain the correct image proportion. Use with material such as “letterboxed” laserdiscs or VCR tapes.
For more information about the three types of guides, see the section, “Using the Program Guides.”
4:3 ratio
16:9 ratio
Some digital (ATSC format) stations may transmit 4:3 images in a way that will not allow expansion. You will be unable to adjust the screen format.
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