Scientific Atlanta Explorer 8000HD User Manual page 4

Preparing the Explorer 8000HD DVR to Work
With Your High-Definition TV
If you have an Explorer 8000HD DVR and an HDTV, and you are not using a
Digital Visual Interface (DVI) connection, you may need to set up the DVR so
that it provides video to your HDTV in picture formats that your HDTV supports.
Otherwise, your picture quality may be less than optimal.
During installation, your cable service provider may have already selected an
appropriate picture format for you, or the factory setting of the DVR may be
compatible with your HDTV. In either of these instances, you should see a
picture when you turn on your HDTV and DVR.
If your HDTV
supports:
supports:
A 1080i
picture
format
These picture
formats:
• 480i (standard
or wide)
• 480p (standard
or wide)
• 720p (wide only)
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The HDTV displays
this when ON:
this when ON:
A black screen
Follow these steps to
setup the DVR:
setup the DVR:
There are no steps to follow.
(Your HDTV uses the picture
format that the DVR is set to
when it leaves the factory.)
Optional: Although the or
DVR uses a format that
your HDTV supports, you
may find the picture quality
less than optimal when
viewing certain picture
formats. To enhance the
display of certain formats,
select additional picture
format settings. For details,
see "Selecting Picture
Formats With the Setup
Wizard" on page 5.
Use the keys on the front of
the DVR to select these
formats. See the instructions
for "Selecting Compatible
Picture Formats" on page 7.