RCA B27TF680 - Manual (Page 62)

Using the Menu System
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TV MODE SETUP
TV MODE: 4:3 LB
TV MODE SETUP
TV MODE: 4:3 LB
4:3 PS
4:3 LB
16:9
4x3 PS
4x3 LB
16x9 Widescreen
TV MODE
The TV MODE feature adjusts the way a movie appears on your TV. Standard
TVs are 4 x 3 format. You can adjust the TV MODE for the way you want to
watch movies.
1. Press the DVD SETUP button to display the setup menu.
2. Press the up or down arrow button to highlight the (TV MODE icon)
and press OK to display the available modes.
4:3 PS (Pan and Scan)– Choose this setting if you want to the movie to fill
the entire screen of your TV/VCR/DVD. This might mean that parts of the
picture (the left and right edges) won’t be seen.
Most discs produced in a widescreen format can’t be cropped in this
fashion. This means the black bars appear at the top and the bottom of the
screen.
4:3 LB (Letterbox) – Choose this setting if you want to see movies in their
original aspect ratio (height-to-width ratio). You’ll see the entire frame of the
movie, but it will take up a smaller portion of the screen vertically. The
movie appears with black bars at the top and bottom of the screen.
16: 9 Widescreen – If you choose this setting and you play the movie on
this unit’s TV, the images on the screen may appear distorted due to vertical
compression. Choose this setting if for some reason you connect a
widescreen TV to your TV/VCR/DVD. You must also set the widescreen TV
to the full mode.
3. Press the up or down arrow button to highlight the TV MODE you want to
watch DVDs in, and press OK.
Note: Some DVDs do not allow playback in pan and scan and automatically play
the movie in letterbox.