5 TROUBLESHOOTING

Problem

Possible Solution

 

 

There are

All 4:3 HDTVs display HD programs in letterbox format (black bars above and

black bars

below the picture) because of the shape of the display screen.

above and

• Turn on the 4:3 OVERRIDE feature in the User Settings menu. This

below the

enables most standard-screen TVs to display a full screen picture when

picture

the DCX3200 is tuned to a 4:3 program.

 

 

• Set the TV TYPE to 4:3 Pan-Scan. This enables the DCX3200 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 widescreen TVs offer a zoom feature that may be

 

able to remove the black bars (see the TV manual for information about

 

zooming 4:3 video).

 

 

There are

This may occur on a 4:3 TV if the 4:3 OVERRIDE setting is OFF. To set 4:3 SD

black bars

programming to fill the screen, depending on the capabilities of the TV, set

on all four

4:3 OVERRIDE to 480i or 480p.

sides of the

This may occur on a 16:9 TV if the active video for an SD broadcast is in

picture

letterbox format. To confirm, wait for a commercial or look for a graphic, such

 

 

as a network logo. If the commercial fills the screen from top to bottom, or the

 

graphic appears below the active video, the program is being letterboxed by

 

the broadcaster. You can minimize this by activating the zoom feature on the

 

TV.

 

A broadcaster may include black bars on either side of a widescreen broadcast.

 

This is called a “hybrid” aspect ratio and results in a black border surrounding

 

the video on a 4:3 TV. Because this is part of the broadcast, the DCX3200

 

cannot correct the video. You may be able to minimize the border using the

 

zoom feature on the TV.

 

 

Colors do

Be sure to match up each signal to the same YPbPr connection on the TV.

not appear

Otherwise, colors will not appear correctly on the TV.

correctly

 

 

 

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