Mitsubishi Electronics WD-65835 Fav Favorite Channels, TV Signals and Display Formats, ANT-1

304. TV Operation and Features

Fav (Favorite Channels)

4. TV Operation and Features 31

TV Signals and Display Formats

Use the six Fav channel banks to store groups of your favorite channels from ANT 1 and ANT 2. You can set up a Fav channel bank for each of your favorite program types or set up a bank for each TV user.

You may prefer to perform Fav channel setup from a menu. See the Setup > Edit options, page 43.

ANT-1	4
480i Stretch	Fav2	FAV
TV-PG
Stereo SAP

Channel and Fav numbers in the on-screen status display

This is a 16:9 widescreen TV suitable for images avail- able from HDTV and many DVDs. You can view older- style squarish images (4:3 aspect ratio) using one of the display formats described on this page. Press the FORMAT key to cycle through the available display formats. The TV remembers the format you last used for each input.

DVD Image Definitions

Image information may be stated on the DVD case. Some DVDs support both of the formats described below.

Anamorphic (or Enhanced for WideScreen TV)

Indicates DVDs recorded to show widescreen images prop- erly on 16:9 TV sets using the TV’s Standard format mode (recommended).

Original
Signal
TV
Display	Non-anamorphic or SD 4:3	Anamorphic DVD
Standard	Distorted.	Recommended
	Not recom-
	mended.
Expand	Recom-	Distorted; not
	mended for	recommended.
	letterbox. See	See Note 1.
	Note 1.
Zoom	Distorted.	Recommended
	Not recom-	for anamorphic
	mended. See	2.35:1 images.
	Note 1.	See Note 1.
Stretch	Recom-	Distorted; not

Using Fav Channels

See the current Fav bank number	Press INFO.
View channels in current Fav bank	1.	Press the FAV key. Wait for the TV to tune to a channel in the current Fav bank.
	2. Press the FAV key repeatedly to cycle through the channels available in the
		current Fav bank.
Change Fav banks	1.	Press the FAV key. Wait for the TV to tune to a channel in the current Fav bank.
	2.	When tuning is complete and while the TV status display is still visible on
		screen, press the number key for the desired bank (1–6).

	Note: Wait for the channel change to finish before pressing the number key.
	Otherwise, the TV may ignore the Fav number.
If no Fav banks are set up	The FAV key switches to the previously tuned channel; works like the QV key.

Fav Setup Using Only the Remote Control

Add Fav channels	1. While watching TV, tune to the channel you want to add to the current
	Fav memory bank. The default bank is Fav1. See the instructions above

Non-Anamorphic (or 4:3, 1:33:1, Letter Box, or Full Screen)

Indicates DVDs recorded for viewing on squarish TV screens. They may be full screen (4:3 or 1:33:1) which crops movies to fit the narrow TV, or letter box, which adds black top and bottom bars.

Signal Definitions

480i: Traditional interlaced signals from ANT-1and ANT 2, composite VIDEO, component Y Pb Pr, and HDMI jacks.

480p: Progressive-scan DVD signals on component Y Pb Pr and HDMI jacks.

720p and 1080i: High-definition signals received through component Y Pb Pr and HDMI jacks. These signals are always 16:9 (widescreen).

SD 4:3: Standard-definition squarish-screen-format signals from digital channels on ANT 1 and ANT 2.

SD 16:9: Standard-definition widescreen-format signals from digital channels on ANT 1 and ANT 2.

HD 16:9: High-definition 16:9 widescreen signals from digital channels on ANT 1 and ANT 2.

	mended for	recommended.
	standard	See Note 1.
	broadcasts.
	See Note 1.
Stretch	Recom-	Distorted; not
Plus	mended for	recommended.
	standard	See Note 1.
	broadcasts.
	See Note 1.
Narrow	See Note 1	Distorted; not
		recommended.
		See Note 1.
Original Signal		Display Formats
SD 16:9 or		Wide Recommended to re-
HD Digital		Expand move side bars.
720p, 1080i,
1080p Signal		Zoom Recommended to re-
		move bars from the top,
		bottom, and sides.

TV Display Formats. Press the FORMAT key repeatedly to see the displays available for the current program. Press the INFO key to see the name of the display format in use.

Note 1: Available for 480i, 480p, and digital SD 4:3 signals only.

if you need to change to a different Fav bank.

2. Press and hold the FAV key for about 2 seconds. When Fav and the

memory bank number appear under the channel number, the channel

has been successfully added.

TV Display Format Definitions

Standard: This is the full-screen format used by HDTV signals. Use this format to display anamorphic DVDs with a 1.78:1 or 1.85:1 aspect ratio. Anamorphic DVDs with a 2.35:1

Stretch: Stretches a narrow 4:3 image across the screen to display the entire image with less distortion than the Standard format.

Stretch Plus: Similar to Stretch, but minimizes distortion on the sides by expanding the picture to crop off portions of the

Remove Fav channels

This procedure removes the channel only from the selected bank and leaves the other banks unchanged.

1.While watching TV, press the FAV key.

2.While the TV status display is still visible on screen, press the number key for the memory bank.

3.Press the FAV key repeatedly until you see the desired channel in the on- screen status display.

4.While the channel number and Fav indicator (with correct bank number) are still displayed on the screen, press CANCEL. You must press CANCEL while the indicator is displayed. When the Fav indicator disappears after pressing CANCEL, the channel has been successfully removed.

aspect ratio are displayed correctly but with top and bottom black bars. Narrow (4:3) images are stretched evenly from side to side. Available for all signals.

Expand: Enlarges the picture to fill the screen by cropping the top and bottom; useful for reducing the letter box top and bottom bars of non-anamorphic DVD images.

Zoom: Enlarges the picture to fill the screen by cropping the sides, top, and bottom to eliminate black bars. 480i/480p and SD 4:3 signals: Eliminates top and bottom bars on anamor- phic DVDs with a 2.35:1 aspect ratio. 720p, 1080i, SD 16:9, and HD signals: Eliminates bars added to 4:3 images.

top and bottom. You can adjust the vertical position of the picture. Press VIDEO repeatedly to show the Vert Adjustment

option, then press ENTER. Use to move the picture.

Narrow: Displays narrow 4:3 images in their original shape. Adds black side bars to fill the screen.

Wide Expand: Enlarges the picture, cropping the image on both sides. Removes or reduces black side bars added to narrow images converted to 16:9 signals for digital broadcast.

Note: All high-definition channels send widescreen (16:9) signals, but not all such programming was created for this format. The broadcaster may stretch the image or add side bars to fill the widescreen area.