Using this unit

Selecting “ASPECT”

“ASPECT” selects the most appropriate way of displaying the image on the screen for the six common types of signals listed below. Available parameters for “ASPECT” change depending on the “SCREEN ASPECT” setting. This unit has the “AUTO” mode which automatically detects the type of signals and changes the display aspect. This mode is effective when information about the signal type is included in the signal.

Press the ASPECT button for the desired display aspect.

1Video signal of the 4:3 screen aspect from ordinary TV or video

2Letterbox video signal

3Squeezed video signal (Vista size)

4Squeezed video signal (Cinema scope size)

5Hi vision (HDTV) 16:9 video signal

6RGB signal

Available aspect modes when “SCREEN ASPECT” is set to “4:3”

1AUTO

When the input signal is letterbox or squeeze, this mode detects it and automatically switches to the most appropriate mode. This mode is effective only when the signal is sent with information about its type.

2NORMAL

This mode projects the image horizontally in full on the screen without cutting any input signal.

3SQUEEZE

This mode desqueezes the video which has been recorded as horizontally squeezed. The image is projected in the original format after having passed through this circuit.

4ZOOM

The central part of the image is scaled up. Both sides of the input image lie offscreen.

5THROUGH

The signal is projected as it is input without scaling up or down.

6THROUGH -SQUEEZE-

This mode scales up only the width of the image without changing the height.

[Examples]

 

 

 

Projected

Input signal

Input image

Aspect

image

Normal 4:3 image

 

NORMAL

 

Letter box

 

ZOOM

 

 

 

NORMAL

 

Squeeze

 

SQUEEZE

 

(Vista size)

 

 

 

 

 

THROUGH

 

 

 

-SQUEEZE-

 

Squeeze

 

 

 

(Cinema scope

 

SQUEEZE

 

size)

 

 

 

HDTV

 

NORMAL

 

 

 

ZOOM

 

RGB PC

THROUGH

NORMAL

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