Picture Format - Hitachi 26LD5550U User Manual

Picture format

Picture Size
The required picture format can be set by pressing
the PICTURE SIZE button. Press PICTURE SIZE
until the required format is displayed.
Tip: The picture goes dark for a short time every
time the button is pressed before appearing in the
required format.
You move through the following formats when you
press the button: AUTO, 4:3, 16:9, CINEMA, 14:9.
AUTO
The picture is automatically only then shown in
a format-fi lling display when a WSS-TV signal is
received.
Example:
If the analogue tuner receives a letterbox image
with WSS signal then the resulting image looks like
this:
illustration 1:
Letterbox image is increased
WSS:
Public broadcasters include 16:9 identification,
the WSS signal (WideScreenSignalling), during
transmission in order to ensure automatic conversion
to 16:9.
Most private broadcasters do not transmit a WSS
signal. Their 16:9 fi lms are always broadcast in
letterbox format. AUTOmatic does not recognise
anything without WSS signal and does not
automatically alter the picture size. Use the
PICTURE SIZE button to set the required picture
size for private channels.
If AUTO is set then the built-in tuner checks whether
the WSS signal is present after every switch-over to
another programme.
If the WSS signal is rediscovered the screen goes
intermittently black.
The picture can also go black during adverts when
adverts are transmitted in both 4:3 and 16:9.
Switch off AUTOmatic if you are bothered by the
intermittent darkness of the picture. Switch off
AUTOmatic by pressing the PICTURE SIZE button
until the required format appears, e.g. 16:9.
16
Other formats
Press PICTURE SIZE until the desired size is
reached.
4:3
The picture is displayed in 4:3
format with black bars to the
right and left.
16:9
The width of the picture will be zoomed evenly.
16:9 is particularly suitable for DVD players,
DVB-T, DVB-C and satellite receivers, which can
transmit and show 16:9 feature fi lms without black
bars. In the set-up menu of the set, adjust it to
show that a 16:9 TV set is connected.
CINEMA
Use CINEMA to increase a small 4:3 letterbox
signal. How do you recognise whether the
broadcasting station / the set operating is using
a 4:3 letterbox signal that is too low? Press the
PICTURE SIZE button on the remote control until
the 4:3 format appears. If the picture is surrounded
by a black border as in the illustration, this is a
4:3 letterbox signal. Limited by the broadcasting
station / the set operating, this signal is much
too low for a 16:9 HD-ready screen. CINEMA
increases this picture that is too small as far as
possible. Natural visible poor focus emerges,
rather as if a postcard were being increased
to poster size. This unfocused appearance is
conditioned by input signals that are too low and
is in no way a production fault in this TV set.
4:3 Letterbox picture increased to CINEMA format.
14:9
The picture is increased somewhat but not up to
the full screen width. Black bars remain on the
right and left and also at the top and bottom.
Note:
• The picture size cannot be adjusted in PC operation.
• For 720p and 1080i signals the PICTURE SIZE feature
is available only for 16:9 format.
• External receivers can automatically adjust the picture
size via a SCART cable. Please read the instructions
for the external receiver.