Using the Screen Menu (32/36 models only)

To access the Screen Menu, follow these steps:

1. Display Menu

2. Highlight

 

3. Press to select

To change settings, press V v B b.

Press to confirm the selection.

To exit the Menu, press MENU.

Selecting Screen

Mode Options

You can also change the Screen Mode using the

SCREEN MODE button on the remote control.

zTo use Analog 16:9 with widescreen DVDs, set your DVD player to 16:9 aspect ratio. (Aspect ratio is the ratio of width to height of the screen. 16:9 is also referred to as widescreen format.)

zDigital 16:9 is available only for digital broadcast sources (antenna or cable).

The Screen Menu includes the following options:

Option

Description

 

Screen Mode

Enables you to change the picture size for both

 

standard-definition (480i/480p) and high-definition

 

(720p/1080i) sources.

 

 

 

Select from: Full, Normal, Horizontal Expand, Vertical Expand.

 

For details, see page 57.

 

 

 

In some cases, wide-screen programs will be shown in

 

aspect ratios that require the display of bars at the

 

top and bottom of your 16:9 screen. For more details,

 

see page 101.

Analog 16:9

Provides enhanced picture resolution for widescreen

 

(anamorphic) sources, such as selected DVD titles. This

 

option is available only when the TV is set to

 

VIDEO 1-7.

 

 

 

 

 

On

To activate manually. Returns to Auto when

 

 

you switch to another video input or

 

 

change channels.

 

 

 

 

Auto

To activate automatically when a 16:9

 

 

signal is received.

 

 

 

If the Auto setting does not automatically detect the

 

16:9 signal from your DVD player, select On to

 

manually turn on the 16:9 Enhanced feature.

Digital 16:9

Allows you to determine the formatting for digital 16:9

 

pictures.

 

 

 

 

 

Pan-n-Scan

The picture is clipped to fit the 4:3 screen.

 

 

This setting is temporary and will be reset

 

 

when you change channels or video

 

 

inputs, or turn off your TV.

 

 

 

 

Letterbox

The picture is made smaller so that the left

 

 

and right edges fit the 4:3 screen. No

 

 

clipping results, but bars appear at the top

 

 

and bottom of the picture.

 

 

 

SETUP

SETUP

Menus

Menus

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