User manual
Table Of Contents
- Front cover
- CAUTION
- IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS
- Canadian Compliance
- Software License
- Copyright
- CONTENTS
- INTRODUCTION
- BASIC OPERATION
- AUDIO/VIDEO CONNECTIONS
- RF BYPASS
- OPTIMIZING YOUR DCT* OUTPUT SETTINGS
- User Options
- CONNECTING YOUR DCT*
- CONNECTING YOUR DCT* TO A HDTV – VIDEO ONLY
- CONNECTING YOUR DCT* TO A HDTV – AUDIO ONLY
- CONNECTING YOUR DCT* TO AN A/V RECEIVER – AUDIO ONLY
- CONNECTING YOUR DCT* TO A STEREO TV
- CONNECTING YOUR DCT* TO A STEREO TV AND STEREO VCR
- CONNECTING YOUR DCT* TO AN A/V RECEIVER, TV, AND VCR
- CONNECTING YOUR DCT* TO A STEREO TV, VCR, AND DVD
- RECORDING YOUR CONNECTIONS
- GRAPHICS OVERLAYING THE VIDEO
- DATA DEVICES
- TROUBLESHOOTING
- The DCT* will not power on
- The remote control does not work
- There is no audio when viewing cable channels
- There is no audio from the center and/or surround speakers of a home theater receiver connected to the DCT*
- There is no video on the TV screen
- There are no graphics, closed captions, or program guides appearing on the TV screen
- There are black bars to the right and left of the picture
- There are black bars above and below the picture
- There are black bars on all four sides of the picture
- SPECIFICATIONS
- Back Cover
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Problem Possible Solution
There are black
bars to the right
and left of the
picture
Wide screen TVs display 4:3 programs in this format
unless set to Stretch. Turn on the 4:3 OVERRIDE feature
in the User Settings menu. This enables most wide
screen TVs to stretch the video to fill the screen (see the
TV manual for information about stretching 4:3 video).
If the DCT* is connected to a wide screen TV, verify that
the TV TYPE is set to 16:9 in the User Settings menu.
Many HD programs are broadcast in pillar-box format
with black bars to the left and right of the picture. These
programs are broadcast in 16:9 HD formats even though
the video is not 16:9.
There are black
bars above and
below the picture
All 4:3 HDTVs display HD programs in letterbox format
(black bars above and below the picture) because of the
shape of the display screen.
Turn on the 4:3 OVERRIDE feature in the User Settings
menu. This enables most standard screen TVs to display
a full screen picture when the DCT* is tuned to a 4:3
program.
Set the TV TYPE to 4:3 Pan-Scan. This enables the
DCT* to remove the black bars above and below the
picture when possible.
Some SD programs are broadcast in the letterbox format
with black bars above and below the picture. Some wide
screens TVs offer a zoom feature that may be able to
remove the black bars (see the TV manual for
information about zooming 4:3 video).