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130 Chapter 9 – Customizing Presentations
CHAPTER 9 – CUSTOMIZING PRESENTATIONS
This chapter will describe the different ways you can customize your presentations.
Setting Zone Properties
Whether you’re creating a single-zone or a multi-zone presentation, you can customize the settings for each zone.
1. Open a presentation project by clicking File > Open Presentation.
2. Click on the Edit tab and then the Playlist subgroup.
3. Below Zone in the upper-left portion of the screen, click the zone whose properties you want to change.
4. Click Zone Properties. Different options will appear depending on the type of zone that is selected.
5. Click OK.
6. Repeat steps 2 – 4 for each zone you want to edit in your presentation.
Editing Video Only and Video or Images Zones
4K242, XD232, XD230, HD222, HD1022, HD120, HD220, HD1020
• View mode: Use the dropdown list to specify a setting for videos.
o Scale to fit: Scales the video to fill the screen without maintaining the aspect ratio. The video may appear
stretched.
o Letterboxed and centered: Centers the video and adds black borders on the top and bottom. The aspect ratio
is maintained.
o Fill screen and centered: Centers the video and fills the screen. The aspect ratio is maintained.
• Audio Output: Enables or disables the Analog and HDMI audio outputs for the zone.
o Pass through: Supplies the un-decoded audio signal through the HDMI connector. Use this option if the zone
audio (for example, AC3 Dolby Digital) is being decoded on an external device.
o PCM audio: Supplies the decoded audio signal through the HDMI connector.