User Guide

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...notes on aspect ratios for external equipment
Laserdisc and videotape players will normally provide either a full 4:3 or letterbox widescreen
format picture with black bands at the top and bottom. For viewing such widescreen picture formats,
Hitachi recommend the C16:9L mode. DVD players will normally give an option of either 4:3 or 16:9
output mode (dependent on player and software - please refer to player instructions) For a full 16:9
picture, Hitachi recommend using the 16:9 mode.
Note: Your TV will automatically switch to 16:9 mode when it receives a true 16:9 Wide Screen Signal
through the external RF aerial or external AV sockets. You can override this change by pressing the
16:9 button on your handset to switch to the desired aspect ratio.
...notes on wide screen features
Various broadcast services now transmit movies and programmes
in true wide screen format. Your TV can detect these signals and
automatically switch to the correct format (when in AUTO mode).
However, some broadcasters do not transmit this automatic sensing
signal, and so your TV will not recognise which format is being
transmitted. This situation can be overcome by simply pressing the
key on your handset.
4:3
4:3
PANORAMIC
14:9L
4:3
14:9L
C14:9LS
4:3
A
U
T
O
The 4:3 broadcast signal
gives black bars to the
sides of the screen which
is consistent with screen
compression.
The 14:9L format is the
medium between the 4:3
and 16:9 ratio signals.
suggested TV
format
result
result
broadcast
format
TV
format
4:3
WIDESCREEN
LETTERBOX
16:9
4:3
C16:9L
(LETTERBOX)
This broadcast is a wide
screen picture format.
This type of picture fills
the entire TV screen.
auto format
The Auto format is also one which can be selected manually.
Auto mode automatically detects various screen formats that are
transmitted in either conventional (4:3) or wide screen (16:9 or 14:9) format.
After detecting which signal is being transmitted the TV will automatically
switch to the correct screen ratio.
FEATURES
Widescreen General Features