Sharp LC 20D30U VIEW MODE, ■View mode for PC mode, ■View mode for HD programs, ■View mode for 4:3 programs, ■Directly setting the VIEW MODE

Useful Features (Continued)

VIEW MODE

■View mode for 4:3 programs

You can select the picture display size for the playback image of the DVD player from the following four modes: “SIDE BAR”, “S.STRETCH”, “ZOOM” and “STRETCH”.

1Press MENU to display the Menu screen.

2Press \/ to select “OPTION”.

3Press '/" to select “VIEW MODE”, and press ENTER.

4Press '/" to select the desired setting, and press

ENTER.

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SIDE BAR:

Suitable for viewing conventional 4:3 programs in their normal format.

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

ZOOM:

Suitable for viewing wide-screen 2.35:1 anamorphic DVDs in full screen.

STRETCH:

This mode is useful for 1.78:1 DVDs. When viewing 1.85:1 DVDs, stretch mode will still show very thin black bands at the top and bottom of the screen.

5Press MENU to exit.

•You can select a different VIEW MODE item for each input mode (INPUT1, INPUT2, INPUT3, INPUT4 and TV).

•When “CLOSED CAPTION” is set to “CC1”, “CC2”, “T1” or “T2”, “ZOOM” cannot be set for “VIEW MODE”.

■View mode for HD programs

The following modes are available for HD programs. S.STRETCH: Suitable for stretching 4:3 programs to ﬁll the

(Smart screen. stretch)

ZOOM: Suitable for viewing wide-screen 2.35:1 aspectratio programs in full screen.

STRETCH: Suitable for viewing wide-screen 1.78:1 aspectratio programs.

When viewing 1.85:1 programs, stretch mode will still show very thin black bands at the top and bottom of the screen.

■View mode for PC mode

You can select the picture display size for PC mode from “NORMAL” or “STRETCH”.

1Repeat steps 1 to 3 of View mode for 4:3 programs.

2Press '/" to select the desired setting, and press

ENTER.

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NORMAL:

Keep the original aspect ratio in a full screen display.

STRETCH:

An image fully ﬁlls the screen.

3Press MENU to exit.

•Connect the PC before making adjustments. (See page 14.)

•Selectable screen size may vary with input signal type.

■Directly setting the VIEW MODE

1Press VIEW MODE.

2Each time you press VIEW MODE, the mode changes as shown below.

(4:3 programs)

VIEW MODE [SIDE BAR]		VIEW MODE [S.STRETCH]

VIEW MODE [STRETCH] VIEW MODE [ZOOM]

(HD programs)

VIEW MODE [S.STRETCH]		VIEW MODE [ZOOM]

VIEW MODE [STRETCH]

(PC mode)

VIEW MODE [NORMAL] VIEW MODE [STRETCH]