HOW TO USE THE FORMAT CONTROL
Many times while watching movies from a DVD player the image is shown in
“letter box” format. This is the format that is shown in movie theaters. When shown on a TV screen, the image will have areas of black on top and bottom of the screen. The FORMAT Control can help to display the image as close as possible to its original aspect ratio.
1 Press the MENU button on the remote to display the
2 Press the CURSOR DOWN button until the word FEATURES is high-
lighted.
3 Press the CURSOR RIGHT button to display the FEATURES menu options
(Timer, AutoLock, Format, or Active Control).
4 Press the CURSOR DOWN button until the word FORMAT is highlighted.
5 Press the CURSOR RIGHT or CUR- SOR LEFT buttons to select one of the three options 4:3, Expand 4:3, or Compress 16:9.
4:3 - Standard format for the TV. Expand 4:3 - Enlarges the picture to fill out the entire screen area, eliminat- ing the “letter box” effect.
Compress 16:9 - Allows for viewing of movies in their full width (also know as
6 When finished, press the SYSTEM MENU (OSD) button to remove the menu from the TV’s screen.
7 The Expand 4:3 format can also be acti- vated using the FORMAT v button when the onscreen menu is not being displayed. Pressing this button will tog- gle the standard 4:3 format, the Expand 4:3 format, or Compress 16:9 format.
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