Topfield TF 7710 HD PVR, TF 7700 HD PVR manual Video cassette recorder, Television aspect ratio

22 Preference Settings

3.2.2 Video cassette recorder

You can have the digital receiver linked to your video cassette recorder or such an appliance via the VCR SCART connector. In that case, the digital receiver will operate differently 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 cassette recorder to your television when it starts

playback. But if the option is set to External A/V, the digital



receiver will not pass
the video automatically. To pass it, you have to press the AUX button.

NOTE

It is impossible for the digital receiver to record the video that the video recorder plays back because the digital receiver is just a bypass for the video recorder.

3.2.3 Television aspect ratio

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

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

You cannot fully enjoy wide-screen programmes with your normal-screen television as the above figures show. The left figure shows a normal picture displayed in the normal screen. To watch wide-screen programmes in the shape like the centre figure, set the 16:9 Display Format option to Letter Box. Wide- screen pictures then will be reduced to fit to the width of the