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Isplay menu, Picture format display panel, Pal or ntsc television – Technicolor - Thomson DTH220E User Manual

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isplay menu

Picture format

Display panel

Depending on the format of the DVD being played, use the

TV image function to choose the format

of the picture which best suits the format of your TV screen (2) - letterbox format 16 x 9, or standard
format 4 x 3.

• With a letterbox format TV (16x9), select

16 x 9 wide screen. Films in 16x9 will be fully

displayed. Films in 4x3 will have vertical black bands on each side of the picture.

• With a 4x3 television, select

4 x 3 Letterbox to take advantage of the pictures recorded in that

format

(3)

or 16x9. Select

4 x 3 Standard to take advantage of a 4x3 picture without distortion. For

films in 16x9, the edges of the picture may extend beyond the edges of the screen.

Depending on the brightness of the room where you’ve installed your player, select one of the 4
settings to adapt the brightness of the display panel to suit its environment.

• Select

Front Display then tick one of the settings: Dim for Movies, Off for Movies, Always

Bright, Always Dim.

The

Display

menu provides you with settings to adapt the picture format and TV standard to that

of your TV set. You can also adjust the brightness of the player’s display panel.

When the player menu is displayed (in stop mode):

1.

select

Display using the

Navigation

keys,

2.

press

OK

to validate,

3.

select a function using the

Navigation

keys,

4.

adjust the setting using the

Navigation

keys.

On certain DVDs, the picture format cannot be
changed.

Horizontal black bands at the top and bottom of
the screen.

If the picture on the DVD being played appear in black and white on your TV screen, the standard
of the video signals transmitted to your TV is incorrect. Change the video signal from PAL to
NTSC

(

1

)

or vice versa.

• Select

PAL/NTSC then tick PAL or NTSC.

PAL or NTSC television

PAL is the name of the colour coding system used in most European countries.
NTSC is the name of the colour coding system used in the United States and some other countries.

1.

3.

Navigation
keys

2.

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