17 General settings

The General Settings option on the main menu let you change the screen format, change the banner duration, and set the favorite channels list.To change general settings, navigate to the General Settings option on the main menu and press OK. In the menus that display, use the 3 and 4 buttons to highlight your selection, then press OK to confirm the selection. Press BACK to return to the main menu.

18 Screen Format

Screen format defines the width/height ratio of the picture. Options are wide (16:9) or full screen (4:3). Because programs are transmitted in a variety of formats, your screen format settings will affect position of the picture on your TV.The effects of these settings are shown below.

Broadcast format

16:94:3

User-selected format

Wide (16:9)

9

16

Full screen (4:3)

image

16

image

16

9

A

9

C

image

3

 

4

 

B

image

9

16

 

D

3

4

image

3

image

3

4

 

4

 

A:images appears as broadcasted

B:black bars are added to the left and right of the images, or the image is stretched (dependent on your TV set)

C:image is truncated at the left and right

D:image appears as broadcasted

19 Banner Duration

Banner durations defines how long the program information banner remains on the screen after you tune to a program. Options are 5, 10, 15, or 20 seconds.

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Philips DSX5250 manual General settings, Screen Format, Banner Duration