Topfield TF 5000 manual Television aspect ratio

18 Preference Settings

depending on the setting of the VCR Scart Type option. If the option is set to Standard, the digital receiver will pass the video from the video recorder to your television when the video recorder starts a playback. But if the option is set to External A/V, the digital receiver will not pass the video even though the video recorder starts a playback. To pass it, you have to press button.

NOTE In this case, it is impossible that the digital receiver records the video which the video recorder plays back because the digital receiver is just a bypass for the video recorder.

3.2.4 Television aspect ratio

If you have a wide-screen television, set the TV Aspect Ratio option to 16:9.

You can enjoy well both wide-screen programs and normal- screen programs with your wide-screen television as the above figures show. The left figure shows a wide picture displayed in the wide screen, and the right figure shows a normal picture displayed in the wide screen.

If you have a normal-screen television, set the TV Aspect Ratio option to 4:3.