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CONFIGURING ADVANCE INPUT SETTINGS (continued)

S-VIDEO OSD 4:3

ON, OFF

SETUP INPUTS DVD1 MAIN ADVANCED S-VIDEO OSD 4-3

Controls the appearance of the on-screen display when the display device is connected to an S-Video output connector. When set to ON, the display device shows the on-screen display in a 4:3 aspect ratio, regardless of the incoming signal.

Aspect ratio refers to the ratio between the height and width of the picture on the display device or to the ratio between the height and width of the display device. A 4:3 aspect ratio is almost square. A 16:9 aspect ratio, often referred to as “widescreen,” is almost twice as wide as it is high.

When OFF, the display device shows the on-screen display in the same aspect ratio as the incoming video input signal.

Note:

The on-screen display appears horizontally stretched across the display device screen when all of the following conditions are present:

The S-VIDEO OSD 4:3 parameter is OFF.

An anamorphic video input signal is present.

A 16:9 display device (widescreen) is connected to an S-Video output connector.

COMPONENT OSD

ON, OFF

SETUP INPUTS DVD1 MAIN ADVANCED COMPONENT OSD

Controls the appearance of the on-screen display when the display device is connected to the component video output connector. When ON, the display device shows the on-screen display as a 480i video signal on a full blue-screen background. To minimize viewing distractions, the two-line status does not appear in the on-screen display. When OFF, the display device does not show the on-screen display, including the two-line status.

Note:

When the ON-SCREEN DISPLAY menu BACKGROUND parameter is OFF, the display device using the component video output connector will not show the on-screen display.

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Lexicon RV-8 manual Video OSD, Component OSD

RV-8 specifications

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