Some modes can also be manually selected if some pictures appear distorted or stretched, or
subtitle information becomes lost. Follow the guide below to apply the correct setting.
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example 4
The 16:9 Letterbox mode is used to expand a 16:9 letterbox style picture
so that it uses the full screen to display the picture. Letterbox type pic-
tures are identifiable by the black bars that appear on the top and bottom
of the screen and some objects appear stretched (see example 5). Once
selected, the 16:9L mode displays the picture as example 2.
16 x 9L
If viewing movies or programmes containing screen subtitles whilst in
16 x 9L or 14 x 9L modes, the subtitle may become lost to the bottom of the
screen. To overcome this problem, simply press the SUBTITLE button (5)
once.The SUBTITLE feature compresses the bottom of the screen allowing
the subtitles to be viewed, as in example 7. If, however, you wish to view
Teletext subtitles a further press of the SUBTITLE button is required, this
will then restore the screen to it’s original setting.
Panoramic mode emulates that of a Wide Screen broadcast for 4 x 3 trans-
missions. This is achieved by maintaining the proportions of the centre of
the screen while extending the images on the sides of the screen
(example 4).
example 5
example 6
When viewing pictures in the 14:9 Letterbox mode (example 6) thin black
bars appear at the top and bottom of the screen, and images become slight-
ly elongated. By selecting 14:9L mode the user can expand the TV picture
to display more of the screen (see example 3 above).
14 x 9L
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PANORAMIC
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NOTE: Whatever Wide Screen mode was set before the TV is switched off will be the same condition when it is switched back
on.
The references to the Wide Screen modes are purely for guidance purposes only, your preferences may vary to those listed.
AUTO mode can also detect 14:9 ratio signals, when this mode has been
selected thin black bars appear to the sides of the screen (example 3).
NOTE: Other screen formats may be transmitted by certain broadcasters,
these are 14 x 9 True Wide Screen and 16 x 9L/14 x 9L with subtitles. Your
TV is able to detect these formats and adjust the set automatically (subject
to WSS transmitting).
example 3
MANUAL SETTINGS
example 7
