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Chapter 6 The Menu System

Tip: Types of Guides

For more information about the different types of guides, go to page 83.

A 4:3 aspect ratio shows less of the image than the wide-screen 16:9 aspect ratio.

Tip: Screen formats

To toggle through screen formats when the television is in TV or DIRECTV mode, press the FORMAT button on the remote control.

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 program 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 when you press the GUIDE button on the remote control.

If you choose SurfGuide as the default, the Grid Guide will appear when you access the TV program guide, since the SurfGuide isn’t available as a TV program guide.

Screen Format

If you receive an image with a 4:3 aspect ratio, the image will be displayed at that ratio on your LCOS HDTV unless you specify otherwise.

Note: When watching an image via the COMPONENT VIDEO INPUT jacks, you won’t be able to manipulate the screen format or view the screen format in the channel banner.

The Screen Format menu allows you to adjust the 4:3 image through the following options:

Normal Choose this when receiving a 4:3 image and you want the on-screen appearance of the video to be a centered picture with black side panels (blank areas) on the right and left sides.

Full Choose this when you want the television to adjust the 4:3 image horizontally so it fills your 16:9 screen. Black side panels won’t be added, and the image is vertically unaltered. This setting is especially useful for viewing 16:9 formatted DVDs.

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