Using the Menu System

TV MODE SETUP

TV MODE: 4:3 LB

TV MODE SETUP

TV MODE: 4:3 LB 4:3 PS

4:3 LB

16:9

TV MODE

The TV MODE feature adjusts the way a movie appears on your TV. Standard TVs are 4 x 3 format. You can adjust the TV MODE for the way you want to watch movies.

1.Press the DVD SETUP button to display the setup menu.

2.Press the up or down arrow button to highlight the (TV MODE icon) and press OK to display the available modes.

4:3 PS (Pan and Scan)Choose this setting if you want to the movie to fill the entire screen of your TV/VCR/DVD. This might mean that parts of the picture (the left and right edges) won’t be seen.

Most discs produced in a widescreen format can’t be cropped in this fashion. This means the black bars appear at the top and the bottom of the screen.

4x3 PS

4x3 LB

4:3 LB (Letterbox) Choose this setting if you want to see movies in their original aspect ratio (height-to-width ratio). You’ll see the entire frame of the movie, but it will take up a smaller portion of the screen vertically. The movie appears with black bars at the top and bottom of the screen.

 

16: 9 Widescreen – If you choose this setting and you play the movie on

 

this unit’s TV, the images on the screen may appear distorted due to vertical

 

compression. Choose this setting if for some reason you connect a

 

widescreen TV to your TV/VCR/DVD. You must also set the widescreen TV

 

to the full mode.

 

3. Press the up or down arrow button to highlight the TV MODE you want to

 

watch DVDs in, and press OK.

 

Note: Some DVDs do not allow playback in pan and scan and automatically play

 

16x9 Widescreen

the movie in letterbox.

 

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RCA B27TF680 manual TV Mode