With the advent of digital signal processing, digital display devices like this projector can dynamically stretch and scale the image output to a different aspect than that of the image input signal.
To change the projected picture ratio (no matter what aspect the source is):
1.Press MENU/EXIT and then press / until the DISPLAY menu is highlighted.
2.Press to highlight Aspect Ratio.
3.Press / to select an aspect ratio to suit the format of the video signal and your display requirements.
About the aspect ratio
• In the pictures below, the black portions are inactive areas and the white portions are active areas.
•OSD menus can be displayed on those unused black areas.
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16:9 picture
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