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Selecting Compatible Picture Formats
If your HDTV displays a black screen when you turn it on, the 8000HD may not be sending your HDTV a picture format that the HDTV supports. Follow these steps to select picture format settings that your HDTV supports.
Note: Rather than selecting a single picture format setting, you may want to select all settings that your HDTV supports. Setting up the 8000HD to support a variety of picture formats allows you to toggle among the different settings while viewing TV and select the setting that provides the best picture quality for the format being broadcast.
1.Find the picture formats that your HDTV supports (If necessary, refer to the users manual that came with your HDTV.)
2.If the 8000HD is off, press the Power
key on the remote control to turn it on.
3.On the front of the 8000HD, press and hold the Select
key until the
Message Light 
blinks.
4.Then on the front of the 8000HD, press the Vol – 
key to indicate that you want to select a picture format setting. The LED display shows HdSr to indicate that you are in the Picture Format mode for HDTV screens.
5.Use the following table to select settings that your HDTV supports.
Important: You have 20 seconds to begin selecting picture format settings. After 20 seconds, HdSr disappears to indicate that the 8000HD is no longer in the Picture Format mode. If this occurs, repeat this process by starting at step 3.
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To Select This | 8000HD | The 8000HD | And Then | |
Picture Format: | Press: | Briefly Displays: | Briefly Displays: | |
480i | CH+ | 480i | SEt |
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720p | VOL- | 720p | SEt | |
480p | CH- | 480p | SEt | |
1080i | VOL+ | 1080i | SEt | |
Note: The last setting (1080i) is the default picture format setting.
6.To start watching TV, make sure the remote control is in Cable mode. You can change the picture format to any of the settings you selected above. Refer to “Change the Picture Format” on page 43.
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