USING THE SCREEN FORMAT

You can have a choice of different formats for your viewing pleasure, namely : - 4:3 mode, EXPAND 4:3 mode and COMPRESS 16:9 mode through the FORMAT menu.

How to access the Screen Format

1.Press the MENU (MENU) button to enter main menu

and press the (CURSOR DOWN) button repeatedly until FEATURES is selected.

FEATURES

ÉTIMER

MODE SELECT

CHILD LOCK

FORMAT

TIME START TIME STOP TIME CHANNEL ACTIVATE

2.Press the (CURSOR RIGHT) button to enter FEATURES menu.

3.Press the (CURSOR DOWN) button repeatedly until FORMAT is selected.

4.Press the (CURSOR RIGHT) button repeatedly to cycle through the different formats

(4:3, Expand 4:3 or Compress 16:9) and select your desired format.

FEATURES

TIMER

MODE SELECT

CHILD LOCK

Ñ FORMAT

É 4:3

FEATURES

TIMER

MODE SELECT

CHILD LOCK

ÑFORMAT É EXPAND 4:3

æ

Note : You can also select your desired Screen Format directly by the (FORMAT) button

When to use the Screen Formats

4:3 format

Select the 4:3 format if you want to display the 4:3 picture using the full surface of the screen.

EXPAND 4:3 format

Select the EXPAND 4:3 format if you want to expand movie images recorded in the letterbox format. When this format is selected, the black horizontal bars at the top and bottom are expanded thus filling up the entire TV screen.

COMPRESS 16:9 format

Select the COMPRESS 16:9 format if you want to compress full screen movie images into letterbox format. When this format is selected, black horizontal bars can be seen

at the top and bottom of the TV screen.

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Philips 15PF9969 Using the Screen Format, How to access the Screen Format, When to use the Screen Formats