RCA DTC210 user manual Dolby Digital, TVs showing 43 programs

Introduction

16:9 TVs showing 4:3 programs

For a wide-screen 16:9 TV, a standard 4:3 TV program is too tall to fit on the screen. The DIRECTV® HD Receiver gives you

3 ways to fix the problem:

Source Signal	16:9 Monitor Format Options
	Pillar box	Full	Zoom
4:3
16:9	Not available		Not available

Note: You can set the color of the horizontal or vertical bars displayed for Letter box and Pillar box screen formats to either black or gray. See Chapter 61 for details.

Pillar box For 4:3 broadcasts, this setting places the image in the middle of the screen with empty panels on either side. This setting is not available for 16:9 broadcasts.

Full For 4:3 broadcasts, this setting stretches the image horizontally so that it fits on a 16:9 screen in its entirety and fills the entire 16:9 screen. The vertical scale of the image remains the same. For 16:9 broadcasts, this setting displays the image in its original format and aspect ratio.

Zoom The 4:3 image is magnified so that it fills the screen horizontally. The top and bottom of the image are cropped (or cut). This setting is not available for 16:9 broadcasts.

Note: You can also use the FORMAT button on your remote control to switch between the available screen formats.

Dolby Digital 5.1

Just as the ATSC has specified 1080i or 720p as the video formats required for HDTV, it has also specified Dolby Digital 5.1 as the recommended audio format. Dolby Digital 5.1 provides 5 discrete channels of digital audio information for use by A/ V receivers capable of decoding the 5.1 channel signal. The audio signals are broken into left-front, center, right-front, left- rear, right-rear and a low-frequency effects channel (designed for subwoofers). The result when connected to a compatible Dolby Digital 5.1 channel A/V receiver and speaker setup is a home theater experience that provides much of the dynamic range, 360-degree imaging, and sonic excitement of a real theater.

Not all Digital TV programming is broadcast using Dolby Digital 5.1. For DIRECTV® programming, you can see which programs are broadcast using this high-quality audio standard by checking the Info Banners and Program Guides for the

Dolby Digital icon ( ).

To take full advantage of the Dolby Digital 5.1 capabilities of your HD Receiver, you will need a Dolby Digital 5.1 compatible A/V receiver connected to the HD Receiver through the DIGITAL AUDIO (OPTICAL) jack or the DIGITAL AUDIO (COAXIAL) jack.

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