Direct Button Operation

VIEW MODE

You can select the screen size.

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Press VIEW MODE.

 

•• The View Mode menu displays.

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•• The menu lists the View Mode options selectable for the type of video signal currently being received.

Press VIEW MODE or / while the View Mode menu is displayed to select a desired item on the menu.

 

•• You can sequentially select a View Mode that has its own aspect ratio.

■■For 4:3 programs Example: Screen size images
Side BarS.Stretch (Smart stretch)ZoomStretch

Suitable for viewing

Suitable for stretching

Suitable for viewing wide-

This mode is useful for 1.78:1

conventional 4:3 programs

4:3 programs to fill the

screen 2.35:1 anamorphic

DVDs. When viewing 1.85:1

in their normal format.

screen.

DVDs in full screen.

DVDs, stretch mode will still

 

 

 

show very thin black bands at

 

 

 

the top and bottom of the screen.

■■For HD programs

Stretch: Suitable for viewing wide-screen 1.78:1 aspect ratio program.

Dot by Dot (1080i/p only): Detects the resolution of the signal and displays an image with the same number of

pixels on the screen.

Full Screen (720p only): You can select “Full Screen” only when receiving a 720p signal.

S.Stretch (Smart stretch): Suitable for stretching 4:3 programs to fill the screen.

Zoom: Suitable for viewing wide-screen 2.35:1 aspect-ratio programs in full screen.

•• When using Dot by Dot, it is possible to see noise or bars around different outer portions of the screen. Please change view mode to correct this.

■■For PC input mode

•• Connect the PC before making adjustments. (See page 16.)

•• Selectable screen size may vary with input signal type.

Example: Screen size images

 

 

 

 

Input signalNormal

Zoom

Stretch

Dot by Dot

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4:3

 

 

Keeps the original

For viewing

An image fully fills

Detects the resolution

 

 

 

 

aspect ratio in a

widescreen

the screen.

of the signal and

 

 

 

full screen display.

programs. The top

 

 

 

displays an image

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

and bottom of the

 

 

 

with the same

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

image is cropped.

 

 

 

number of pixels on

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

the screen.

Input signal

16:9

Normal

Stretch

Dot by Dot

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Keeps the original

An image fully fills

Detects the resolution

aspect ratio in a

the screen.

of the signal and

full screen display.

 

 

 

displays an image

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

with the same

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

number of pixels on

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

the screen.

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