Selecting The Picture Size - Sharp AQUOS LC-40LE924E Operation Manual

Useful viewing functions

Selecting the picture size

Selecting the WSS picture size
automatically
Option
WSS
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.
Selecting the WSS picture size
manually
Option
4:3 mode
The "WSS" signal has 4:3 auto-switching that allows you
to select between "Normal" and "Panorama".
Go to "Menu" > "Setup" > "Option" > "4:3
mode".
Normal range keeping 4:3 or 16:9
Normal
aspect ratio.
Panorama Wide image without side bars.
WSS signal 4:3 screen
4:3 mode "Normal"
Selecting the picture size
manually
Option
Wide mode
You can select the picture size. Selectable picture size
varies with the type of signal received.
Item
4:3 mode
"Panorama"
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 you may
Zoom 14:9
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.
Full
For 16:9 squeeze pictures.
For 16:9 letterbox pictures. Bars may
Cinema 16:9
appear on the top and bottom with
some programmes.
For 14:9 letterbox pictures. Bars may
Cinema 14:9 appear on the top and bottom with
some programmes.
Item (for HD [High-Definition] signals)
Displays with an overscan image. Crops
Full
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
Dot by Dot number of pixels on the screen when
receiving 1080i/1080p signals only.
NOTE
• Some items do not appear depending on the type of received
signal.
1
Go to "Menu" > "Setup" > "Option" > "Option
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.
2
Press a/b to select the desired item.
• 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".
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