4ADVANCED USE

The section explains how to get the most out of your Plaza DS•100 receiver.

TV SCREEN SIZE

Thefreesatchannelsbroadcastusingawidescreen 16:9 format, designed for widescreen TVs.

Ifyouhavea squarer4:3television,thewidescreen image cannot be displayed. You use the button to choose how the Plaza DS•100 fits the 16:9 widescreen image onto your 4:3 screen.

Pressing the button will take you through the three options available:

The full widescreen

broadcast picture.

Centre cutout displays only the centre of the widescreen picture on a 4:3 TV. This is the factory setting.

Full frame squeezes the widescreen picture into the screen of a 4:3 TV.

Letterbox shows the whole picture on a 4:3 TV with black bars above and below.

only the centre of the image is shown (centre cutout);

the complete widescreen picture is squeezed into the squarer format (full frame); or

the complete, unaltered image is shown, smaller and with black bars above and below it.

HINT: The button has no effect on the picture if you have set the TV screen size to ‘16:9 widescreen’ in the settings menu (see page 36).

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Manhattan Computer Products DS 100 manual 4ADVANCED USE, TV Screen Size, Full widescreen, Broadcast picture