Problem

Possible Solution

There are black

Widescreen TVs display 4:3 programs in this format

bars to the right

unless set to Stretch. Turn on the 4:3 OVERRIDE feature

and left of the

in the User Settings menu. This enables most

picture

widescreen TVs to stretch the video to fill the screen

 

(see your TV manual for information about stretching 4:3

 

video).

 

If the cable terminal is connected to a widescreen TV,

 

verify that the TV TYPE is set to 16:9 in the User

 

Settings menu.

 

Many HD programs are broadcast in pillar-box format

 

with black bars to the left and right of the picture. These

 

programs are broadcast in 16:9 HD formats, even though

 

the video is not 16:9.

 

 

There are black

All 4:3 HDTVs display HD programs in letterbox format

bars above and

(black bars above and below the picture) because of the

below the picture

shape of the display screen.

 

Turn on the 4:3 OVERRIDE feature in the User Settings

 

menu. This enables most standard screen TVs to display

 

a full screen picture when the cable terminal is tuned to a

 

4:3 program.

 

Set the TV TYPE to 4:3 Pan-Scan. This enables the

 

cable terminal to remove the black bars above and below

 

the picture when possible.

 

Some SD programs are broadcast in the letterbox format

 

with black bars above and below the picture. Some

 

widescreens TVs offer a zoom feature that may be able

 

to remove the black bars (see your TV manual for

 

information about zooming 4:3 video).

 

 

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