Rosen Entertainment Systems M10 Adjusting the Screen Angle Managing Black Bars, Second, Third

Rosen Entertainment Systems

ADJUSTING THE SCREEN ANGLE

MANAGING BLACK BARS

The Rosen M10 uses an advanced mechanical design to hold the screen at the perfect viewing angle for you, your passengers, and your vehicle. Here’s how to adjust the screen angle:

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First, press the OPEN button on the front panel, or on the remote. The screen will deploy.

OPEN ENTER

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Motion picture film and cameras, and later television screens, were originally designed around a screen size that was almost square - it was one-third wider than it was high (another way to say this is that it had a width-to-height ratio, or aspect ratio, of 4:3. This ratio, 4:3, can also be expressed as 1.66:1.)

When widescreen movies using technologies like Cinemascope and Panavision became popular, new aspect ratios were used

4:3

1.66:1

16:9

Second,

to allow the adjuster to move freely,

gently pull the screen towards you an inch or so, and hold it there with one hand.

Third,

while holding the screen, move the adjuster slider with your other hand - to the left to move the screen forward,

and to the right to move the screen rearward.

for them - 1.78:1, 2.35:1, and even 2.55:1. When high-definition television was developed, a screen shape of 16:9, or 1.85:1, was selected as the best compromise for viewing widescreen movie images.

When you watch widescreen movies on a standard 4:3 television, there are “black bars” on the top and bottom of the screen. This is often called a “letterbox” image. The alternative is called “pan-and-scan”, where the edges of the image are “cropped” off.

1.85:1

Letterbox

Finally, let go of the screen and double-check the viewing angle. You may need to repeat this process a few times to get the angle just right for your height and the height of the vehicle seats.

This system uses a widescreen 16:9, or 1.85:1 display - the same aspect ratio as high- definition televisions. This means that when viewing widescreen DVD’s, these black bars are either non-existent, or greatly minimized.

Widescreen

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