About Tv Display Capability (Resolution Settings) - Pace RNG110 Installation Manual

MAKING USER SETTINGS (cont.)

About TV Display Capability (resolution settings)

• The set-top can transmit pictures to the TV in a range of resolutions (also called "Display Capabilities" - see
below for the settings available). Generally, higher screen resolutions give better quality pictures. However, the
quality always depends on how the program was originally transmitted.
• Different TVs display different screen resolutions. For example, standard TVs display "480i", EDTVs
(Enhanced Definition TVs) display "480p", and most HDTVs display "1080p", "1080i" or "720p". Many HDTVs
will display at more than one resolution. For more information, see the information supplied with the HDTV.
You must make the appropriate TV Display Capability settings on the set-top, so that it is compatible with the
TV. See below for full instructions.
In order to display the best picture every time, you must select every resolution that the TV is capable of
displaying. This ensures that programs are displayed with minimum distortion.
There is a blue HD light on the set-top's front panel that lights when the set-top is receiving high-definition
content.
TV Display Capability settings
• 480i is standard definition NTSC and is transmitted
in a 4:3 aspect ratio (see right).
• 480p is enhanced digital TV and can be transmitted
in either a 4:3 or 16:9 aspect ratio.
• 720p,1080i, and 1080p are HDTV and are
transmitted in a 16:9 aspect ratio (see right).
Changing the TV Display Capability
If you have not already done so, put the set-top into User Settings mode, as described on page 19.
1. Press the U or D button on the remote control and highlight TV Display Capability on the PACE USER
SETTINGS menu.
2. Press the R button.
The TV Display Capability menu appears on the TV screen. The available resolutions are: 1080p24*,
1080p30*, 1080i, 720p, 480p, and 480i.
3. Press the U or D button to highlight each resolution in turn and, for each one, press the OK/Select
button if you wish to change the setting (the setting changes between "YES" and "NO" each time you press
OK/Select).
If, at any stage in this process, the menu disappears from the screen, immediately press
the OK/Select button to restore the menu.
4. When you are satisfied that all the TV resolutions are correct, press the L button. The PACE USER
SETTINGS menu reappears.
TV Display Capability
1080i : YES
720p : NO
480p : YES
480i : YES
1080p24 Pass : NO
1080p30 Pass : NO
RNG110 INSTALLER'S MANUAL (501-3438010)
When the HDTV is connected to
the set-top via an HDMI connector,
the set-top gets information from
the HDTV about the HDTV's display
capability. The set-top uses this
information to adjust its TV Display
Capability settings.
The set-top also records the HDTV's
ID (identification), so that only one
HDTV is supported at any one time.
When the HDTV has updated the set-
top's TV Display Capability settings,
you may change them if you wish.
The changes will then be stored with
the ID.
You can restore the set-top's TV
Display Capability settings to their
480i transmission:
factory values, as described on page
The aspect ratio is 4:3
24. You can also restore the set-top to
the settings that the HDTV has passed
to the set-top. To do this you must
first restore the factory settings while
1080i transmission:
the HDMI cable is disconnected from
The aspect ratio is 16:9
the set-top, then reconnect the HDTV
via the HDMI cable.
If the HDTV is 1080p-compliant and
connected by HDMI, setting "1080p24
Pass" to YES causes 1080p/24
transmissions (at 24 frames per
second) to be displayed at 1080p/24.
Likewise, setting "1080p30 Pass" to
YES causes 1080p/30 transmissions
(at 30 frames per second) to be
displayed at 1080p/30.
The HDMI-connected HDTV may
report that it is not 1080p-compliant
and set "1080p24 Pass" (or "1080p30
Pass") to NO. In this case 1080p
transmissions will be output at one
of the other resolutions (1080i, 720p,
480p or 480i). If you override this
NO setting and set YES, you may see
nothing for 1080p transmissions.
If the HDTV is not connected by HDMI,
"HDMI Cable Required" is displayed
and you cannot set "1080p24 Pass" or
"1080p30 Pass" to either YES or NO.
Transmissions at 480i, 480p, 720p or
1080i can never be output at 1080p.
NOTE
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