Selecting an Input Signal Type (3)

Selecting a Screen Mode (1)

When images from AV equipment is not

When the projected image size is larger/

projected correctly, you can select an

smaller than the screen size.

input signal type manually.

 

Display settings

Input signal select

 

 

 

 

 

 

The

video

format

is

 

 

 

 

 

Auto

 

 

 

 

 

 

automatically

set

according

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1080i

to the input signal.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

If

images are

not

projected

 

 

 

 

1035i

 

 

 

 

correctly in the Auto mode,

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

720p

 

 

 

 

select one of input signal

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

575p

types shown on the left.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

480p

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

575i

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

480i

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Confirm

the

input

signal

type

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

according to the User's Manual that came with the AV equipment connected.

Display settings

Screen settings

An image from the computer is projected fully on the screen.

An image is projected in the maximum size with the aspect ratio unchanged.

 

 

 

 

 

An image is projected at 16:9

SETTING

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

aspect ratio with its width

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

matching to the width of the

 

 

 

 

 

 

screen.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

An image is

projected in its

UP

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

original

size

(no enlargement/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

FUNCTIONS

 

 

 

 

lower.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

reduction).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

• Set the display resolution of the

 

 

 

 

 

computer to 1400 x 1050 dots or

USING

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

• When Full screen is selected,

 

 

 

 

circles may become out of round

 

 

 

 

depending

on

the

display

 

 

 

 

resolution of the computer.

 

MENUS

 

 

 

 

• The upper, lower, left, and/or right

 

 

 

 

 

portions of a projected image may be missing depending on the selected display mode.

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Canon SX20 manual Selecting an Input Signal Type Selecting a Screen Mode, Confirm Input Signal Type

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