Operation Manual

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USING ZOOM
Using “Zoom” to change the picture
The appropriate TV Aspect Ratio and TV Display Capability settings should ensure that the picture
on your TV screen is not distorted (stretched or squashed) and that it fills as much of the screen as
possible.
However, even if you have selected the correct settings, there will be times when a program appears
with black borders either at the top and bottom or at the sides of the picture (or sometimes even all
the way round the picture). This happens because the aspect ratio (shape) of the transmitted program
does not match the aspect ratio of your HDTV, or because the transmitted programme includes
black borders as part of the transmission (see right).
Use the Zoom button on your remote control to change the TV picture until it appears as you
want it to:
1. Press Zoom once to change the display.
2. Press Zoom again to change the display again. Continue to press Zoom in this way until the
picture appears as you want it to.
Note: The effect that Zoom has on transmissions depends on the transmission itself. On some
transmissions Zoom may have no effect at all.
A 4:3 transmission, with
a 16:9 picture. Dark bars
are added at the top and
bottom of the transmission
A 16:9 transmission,
with a 4:3 picture in it.
Dark bars are added
at the sides of the
transmission