Topfield TF 5800 PVR user manual Introduction and getting started

14Introduction and getting started

Set the TV type to PAL for most European television sets. The Video Output option selects the type of video signal that will be sent via the TV SCART socket. You can choose between RGB, S-Video, YUV (also known as component, and used with some flat-panel displays), and CVBS, also known as composite.

For most televisions, you will get the best picture by choosing the RGB option. If, while you change this option, the picture on your television disappears, or changes to black and white, simply use the arrow keys to select another option, until you can see the display correctly. Some televisions may take a few seconds to adjust to a new setting.

Use the VCR SCART setting to change how the signal from the VCR SCART connector is passed through to your television. When set to Standard, it will be automatic, and so will depend on the device you have connected to the VCR SCART; for ex- ample, a video recorder’s picture may display only when it is playing, while a DVD player may display all the time. If you set this option to External A/V, then the picture from the device you have connected to the VCR SCART connector will only appear on your television when you select it via the Satel- lite button on the remote control.

If you have a widescreen television, you should set the TV Aspect Ratio option to 16:9; for a conventional television set, set it to 4:3.

The 16:9 Display format controls how widescreen programmes will appear on a non-widescreen television. If you select Letter Box, then the picture will appear with black bars top and bot- tom; select Center Extract to see a picture that fills the whole screen, with some of the side information lost.