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Chapter 7: Other Information

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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

How do I tell an analog channel from a digital channel?

Thereareseveralwaystotellif yourchannelisdigitalornot.PresstheINFObuttontodisplaythechannelbanner.

Lookattheleftsideforachannelnumber.Channelswithaprimarychannelandasubchannelaredigitalchannels.

Rememberthatnotalldigitalchannelshavesubchannels.LookattheleftsideoftheChannelbanner,itwillshow

AnalogforananalogchanneloraDigitalforadigitalchannel.Gotopage14formoreinformationonthedifference

betweenanaloganddigitalchannelsandpage19fortheChannelbanner.

Why does the channel search take a long time?

Dependingonyourconnections,whentheTVsearchesfordigitalchannelsitisalsosearchingforeachsub-channel

of thatdigitalchannel.Thissometimestakeslonger,butonceyouhaveyourchannellistsetup,youonlyhavetodoit

once.

Why does channel search ﬁnd a lot of channels, but when I try to tune to them there’s nothing there?

Somechannelsareenabledbythecablecompanyanddon’tcarryprogramming,suchasvideo-on-demand.When

channelsareunavailable,yourTV’sscreendisplaysUnusable Signal.Youprobablywanttogetridof thesesotheyno

longerappearinyourchannellist.RemovetheseintheList & Labelsmenu.Gotopage26formoreinformation.

Why are there black bars on my screen and can I get rid of them?

YourTVscreenis4:3somostdigitalchannelsaredisplayedwithgrayorblackbarsatthetopandbottomofthe

screenbecausemostaresentina16:9format.Itdependsonhowthestationisformattingthevideo.Aspectratiosare

determinedbythebroadcasterandmaychangefromoneprogramtoanother.UsetheZOOM– and ZOOM+buttons

ontheremotetoseethedifferentTVformatsthatmayeliminatethebars.Gotopages13formoreinformation.

NootheroptionsarepossiblefortheTVpicture,asidefromthoseyouseebycyclingthroughthisbutton.However,

thedefaultsettingsforbothanaloganddigitalprogrammingcanbechangedthroughtheTVmenus.Gotopage28for

moredetails.

I’m watching a DVD and there are black bars on my screen. Why are they there?

YourTVscreensizeis4:3(standard).Soif you’rewatchinga16:9(widescreen)movieandseeblackbarsatthetop

andbottomof thescreenit’sbecausethevideohastobecompressedtottheaspectratio(heighttowidthratio)of 

yourscreen.The16:9 Format optioninthe DVDmenusystemallowsyoutoadjusthowtheDVDvideoisformatted.

PressDVDSETUPontheremoteandhighlight16:9 Format.Refertopage37formoreinformation.

TheDVD ZOOMbuttonontheremotealsoformats(enlarges)theDVDvideo.TheoptionsareZoom 2, Zoom 3, Zoom

4, Zoom 1/2, Zoom 1/3, Zoom1/4 and OFF.Refertopage18foradescription.

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