Useful viewing functions
Optional features settings
Go to "Menu" > "Setup" > "Option".
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Selecting the picture size manually
Option
Wide mode
You can select the picture size. Selectable picture
size varies with the type of signal received.
Go to "Menu" > "Setup" > "Option" > "Option
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for view" > "Wide mode".
• You can also select an item by pressing f on the
remote control unit.
• The menu lists the "Wide mode" options selectable
for the type of video signal currently received.
Press a/b to select the desired item.
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• As you toggle the options, each is immediately
reflected on the screen. There is no need to press
;.
Basically, if you set "WSS" to "On" in the
"Option" menu, the optimum "Wide mode" is
automatically chosen for every broadcast or
programme played using a VCR or DVD player/
recorder.
NOTE
• Even if you select your desired "Wide mode" manually,
the TV may automatically switch to the optimum "Wide
mode" depending on the signal received when "WSS" is
set to "On".
Menu
Item (for SD [Standard-Definition] signals)
Keeps the original aspect ratio in a full
Normal
screen display.
For 14:9 letterbox pictures. A thin
side bar appears on each side, and
Zoom 14:9
you may also see bars on the top and
bottom with some programmes.
In this mode, the picture is stretched
toward each side of the screen. The
Panorama
picture may appear similar to "Full"
depending on broadcast signals.
For 16:9 squeeze pictures.
Full
For 16:9 letterbox pictures. Bars may
appear on the top and bottom with
Cinema 16:9
some programmes.
For 14:9 letterbox pictures. Bars may
appear on the top and bottom with
Cinema 14:9
some programmes.
Item (for HD [High-Definition] signals)
Displays with an overscan image.
Full
Crops all sides of screen.
Displays with an underscan image
only when receiving a 720p signal.
Displays with the High-Definition image
Underscan
adjusted optimally. Noise may appear
on the edge of the screen with some
programmes.
Displays an image with the same
number of pixels on the screen when
Dot by Dot
receiving 1080i/1080p signals only.
NOTE
• Some items do not appear depending on the type of
received signal.
• Refer to page 54 for PC signal inputs.
Selecting the WSS picture size
automatically
The "WSS" allows the TV to switch automatically
among the different picture size.
Go to "Menu" > "Setup" > "Option" > "WSS".
NOTE
• Use "Wide mode" if an image does not switch to the
appropriate picture size. When the broadcast signal
contains no "WSS" information, the function will not
work even if enabled.
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Option
WSS