Amino Set Top Box
Set the TV Display Format
As noted, you can change the TV Display Format from the Preferences menu. The following tables show the output from normal and widescreen TVs depending on how the TV Display Format is set. Be sure to power cycle the STB to implement any changes you make.
Table 18. Video Output with a Normal (4:3) TV
TV Display Format | Video Output |
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Standard (4:3) Mode | Normal (4:3) video plays normally and 16:9 video has the left and |
| right sides cropped off (center cutout). |
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Letterbox Mode | Normal (4:3) video plays normally and 16:9 video has all the |
| picture viewable with black bars on the top and bottom |
| (letterbox). |
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Widescreen TV | Normal (4:3) video plays normally and 16:9 video displays all the |
| picture but it is squashed in. |
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Table 19. Video Output with a Widescreen (16:9) TV | |
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TV Display Format | Video Output |
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Widescreen TV | 16:9 video plays normally and 4:3 video has black bars left and |
| right (pillar box). This relies on the TV responding to aspect ratio |
| switching signals on VBI line 23 (PAL only). On TVs that don't |
| respond to this signal, you must set the TV aspect ratio manually |
| to avoid a stretched or squashed picture. |
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