Changing the Screen Size

Adjustments and Settings

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You can change the aspect ratio of the screen to correspond to your viewing requirements.

1Press the MENU button.

2Press the c or d button to move to Screen, then press the a or OK button.

3Select Screen Size and press the a or OK button again.

4Press the c or d button to select the required aspect ratio as follows:

Zoom - Cinema - Full - 4:3 - Wide

Screen

Screen Size		Zoom		Zoom
Main Input		ANALOG CH		Cinema
PIP/TWIN				Full
Screen Saver				Full
Screen Saver			4:3
			4:3
				Wide
Move	Enter	Return

4:3

Viewing the Input Source

Once you have connected your audio and video systems, you can view different sources by selecting the corresponding input.

1Press the MENU button.

2Press the c or d button to move to Screen, then press the a or OK button.

3Press the c or d button to move to Main Input, then press the a or OK button.

4Press the c or d button to select the required input source as follows and press the OK button.

DIGITAL CH - ANALOG CH - VIDEO 1 - VIDEO 2 - VIDEO 3 - S-VIDEO 1 - S-VIDEO 2 - S-VIDEO 3 -

COMPONENT 1 - COMPONENT 2 - HDMI

Screen			DIGITAL CH
Screen Size		Zoom	ANALOG CH
Main Input		DIGITAL CH	VIDEO 1
PIP/TWIN			VIDEO 2
Screen Saver			VIDEO 3
			S-VIDEO 1
			S-VIDEO 2
			S-VIDEO 3
			COMPONENT 1
			COMOPNENT 2
			HDMI
Move	Enter	Return

• The Plasma Display switches to selected source.

5Press the EXIT button.

•You can select the sources by simply pressing the INPUT button on the remote control.

English

FullWide

	Cinema	Zoom


Item	Description
Zoom	For 16:9 letterbox pictures. Bars may appear
	on the top and bottom with some programs.

Cinema	For 14:9 letterbox pictures. Bars may appear
	on the top and bottom on some programs.

Full (factory	For 16:9 squeeze pictures.
default)

4:3	For 4:3 “standard” pictures. A side bar
	appears on each side.

Wide	In this mode pictures are progressively
	stretched toward each side of the screen.

5Press the EXIT button.

•You can select the modes by simply pressing the SCREEN SIZE button on the remote control.

•If you watch High Definition TV broadcasting, you cannot select the screen mode. (The Screen Size setting is always set to “Full”.)

•To enlarge 4:3 normal aspect ratio to 16:9 wide aspect ratio in DTV mode, press the HD WIDE button.

Setting for the language of on-screen display

You can select a language to be used for on-screen display such as menus from among three languages: English, Spanish and French.

1Press the MENU button.

2Press the c or d button to move to System, then press the a button or OK button.

3Press the c or d button to move to Menu Language, then press the a or OK button.

4Press the c or d button to select the language (English, Spanish or French).

System

Menu Language	English	E n g l i s h
Audio Language	English	S p a n i s h
		S p a n i s h

Clock Setting

F r e n c h

Parental Control

Move Enter Return

•The factory default is “English”.

5Press the EXIT button.

PDP-4214HD, PDP 42A3HD specifications

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Pioneer PDP-4214HD, PDP 42A3HD manual Changing the Screen Size, Viewing the Input Source

Models: PDP-4214HD PDP 42A3HD

Adjustments and Settings