Using Rf Bypass; Using Zoom To Change The Picture - Pace DC758D Operator's Manual

OPERATING YOUR SET-TOP (cont.)

Using RF Bypass

You can use the RF Bypass feature to watch the regular (analog) channels that are included in the cable
service. It makes these channels "bypass" your set-top and pass directly to your TV and/or VCR. You may
wish to do this if you want to record a different channel on a VCR or DVD recorder.
To use RF Bypass:
• Your set-top must be installed with the correct connections from the rear panel to your TV or VCR (see the
note, right); and
• The RF Bypass feature must be on (you may need to set it to "On" in the Setup menu; see page 24).
A BYPASS light on your set-top's front panel lights up green if RF Bypass is on. Your remote control may
have a button that allows you to turn RF Bypass on and off.
For you to start using RF Bypass, your set-top must be turned on. However, once set, RF Bypass works even if
you turn your set-top off.
When RF Bypass is on: you can use your TV's remote control to tune to any of the available regular
(analog) channels and watch that channel on your TV (the path is the RF cable). You can, at the same time, use
your set-top's composite video and L and R audio outputs to record on your VCR the channel that your set-top
is tuned to. (This channel number is shown on your set-top's front panel.*) This means that, when the Bypass
is on, you can watch a regular (analog) channel on your TV and, at the same time, record a digital channel on
your VCR.
(If you are recording on an attached external hard disk, you can record two different programs on it, while
watching an analog channel on the bypass.)
When RF Bypass is off: you see on your TV the channel that your set-top is tuned to. This is the same
channel that your VCR receives. Therefore, when RF Bypass is off, you can record on your VCR only the
program that you are watching on your TV (but you can still record a different one on an attached external hard
disk).

Using Zoom to change the picture

Making the appropriate TV Aspect Ratio and TV Display Capability settings (see pages 16 through 20) should
ensure that the picture on your TV screen is not distorted (stretched or squashed) and that it fills as much of
the screen as possible.
However, even if you have selected the correct settings, there may be times when a program appears with
black borders either at the top and bottom or at the sides of the picture (or sometimes even all the way around
the picture). This happens because the aspect ratio (shape) of the transmitted program does not match
the aspect ratio of your HDTV, or because the transmitted program includes black borders as part of the
transmission (see right).
Your remote control should have a "zoom function" button (could be labeled ZOOM or ASPECT), which you
can use to change the TV picture until it appears as you want it to.
1. Press the "zoom function" button once to change the display.
2. Press it again to change the display again. Continue to press it in this way until the picture appears as you
want it to.
Note: The effect that this button has on transmissions depends on the transmission itself. On some
transmissions it may have no effect at all.
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NOTE
If you are not sure whether your
set-top has been set up to allow RF
Bypass, check your installation. If
there is a cable (RF cable) going
from the TO TV connector on your
set-top's rear panel to your TV (or
to your VCR and TV, as shown by
the dashed line on pages 8 and 9),
then RF Bypass is correctly set up.
Your TV and VCR also need to have
been tuned to your set-top's VHF
output channel (3 or 4, depending
on your location).
* NOTE
If the "Front LED Display" (see
page 24) is set to "Current Time",
you will not see the channel
number. To see the number of the
channel your set-top is tuned to,
you must set "Front LED Display"
to "Current Channel".
A 4:3 transmission, with a
16:9 picture. Dark bars are
added at the top and bottom
of the transmission.
A 16:9 transmission, with
a 4:3 picture in it. Dark bars
are added at the sides of the
transmission.
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