Signal Strength

This information screen shows the signal strength of the broadcast you are watching.

1Select “Signal Strength” in the “Technical Information” and press

ENTER.

The “Signal Strength” display appears with the selected channel on view in the background.

The “Signal Strength” display coloured bars correspondences are as follows:

2Press PROG +/– to check the signal strength of the other tuned channels.

3After viewing the information displayed, press O RETURN to come back to the Technical Information menu.

Digital Software Upgrade

Periodically Sony will issue upgrades for the software that was initially installed in your recorder. These upgrades will automatically be received and enabled. If desired, you can disable this option as follows:

1Select “Digital Software Upgrade” in the “Technical Information” and press

ENTER.

The “Digital Software Upgrade” menu option appears.

2Press M/m to select “Off,” and press

ENTER.

bNotes

Sony recommend that you always leave this option set to “On.”

To receive the upgrade, the unit must be powered on. It will take up to 30 minutes to upgrade the unit. The new software will be available once the unit has been placed into standby, and then back to normal operating mode.

Video Settings (Video)

Video settings will adjust items related to the image, such as size and colour.

Choose the settings according to the type of TV or tuner connected to the DVD recorder.

1 Press SYSTEM MENU while the recorder is in stop mode.

2 Select “SETUP,” and press ENTER.

3 Select “Video,” and press ENTER.

The “Video” setup appears with the following options. The default settings are underlined.

Video Output

TV Type

Sets the picture size when playing back a title recorded from 16:9 size video (page 51) or a 16:9 size commercial DVD video.

Select the playback picture size according to the type of connected TV (wide-screen/wide mode TV or conventional 4:3 screen TV).

16 : 9

Select this when connecting

 

to a wide-screen TV or TV

 

with a wide mode function.

 

 

4:3 Letter

Select this when connecting

Box

to a 4:3 screen TV. Displays a

 

wide picture with bands on

 

the upper and lower portions

 

of the screen.

 

 

4:3 Pan

Select this when connecting

Scan

to a 4:3 screen TV.

 

Automatically displays a

 

wide picture on the entire

 

screen and cuts off the

 

portions that do not fit.

 

 

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