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TV FUNCTIONS
TV Functions
When the Picture in Picture function is active,
the main picture can be selected by the
Numeric Key
Buttons
(when TV tuner is
source) and the secondary picture by the
Presets
Buttons
L
while pressing the PC or
VIDEO
Source Selection
buttons
0
will tog-
gle through all available PC and Video sources.
Aspect Ratio
The Digital Lounge display allows for watching
video sources in several aspect ratios. The
default setting is Fill All and can be set to your
personal taste for each individual input, as
described on page 26. Should you wish to tem-
porarily change the aspect ratio of a video input,
press the
Screen Format Button
repeatedly until you have found your preferred
picture format. With each press of the button,
the current aspect ratio will be shown in the
mini bar on the right top of the screen. Below is
a short description of the different picture
formats:
Available picture formats for TV signals
Normal:
This format setting displays a PAL 4:3
picture with the correct side ratio. Dark stripes
are visible on the left and right-hand edges of
the picture.
Fill all:
In this format setting the picture is
adapted in horizontal direction until the screen's
width is filled completelly. This format is needed
to display all so called "Widescreen" (also
named "16:9" or anamorphic) movies with opti-
mal size and aspect ratio that will be streched
vertically in the "Normal" mode (see below).
16:9:
In this mode the picture is scaled horizon-
tally to the complete picture width, approx. 25
%in total being cut off the top and bottom of
the picture recorded with 4:3 format.
Available picture formats for PC signals
over the DVI input
When you have a computer connected to the
DVI input, the following picture formats can be
chosen:
Normal:
Displays the PC picture filling the com-
plete height of the screen, without changing the
side ratio. Dark stripes are visible on the left and
righthand edges of the picture depending on the
input format of the PC picture.
Fill All, 16:9:
These are the same settings as
with TV source described above.
14:9:
With a 14:9 zoom the picture is enlarged
vertically by a total of 15 %, i.e. approx. 15 % of
the picture content is cut off vertically.
Horizontally the picture is reduced in size in
comparison with the full picture display by 15
%, i.e. narrow bars are displayed on the right
and left. This mode is a good compromise to
enlarge "4:3" video material (like e.g. from the
TV tuner) and keeping the correct aspect ratio
without cutting too much on top and bottom of
the picture. It can also be used with non-
anamorphic pictures that will show a small
frame around in Normal mode.
One to one:
With this setting the number of
visible screen pixels is adapted to the input sig-
nal, i.e. 1366 x 768 pixels are always repro-
duced by the PC picture for a screen resolution
of 1366 x 768 while e.g. the frequently used PC
graphics card resolution 1024 x 768 will fill the
height of the screen and keep big black bars on
the sides (as with a 4:3 video). This PC mode is
recommended for getting PC Pictures with opti-
mal performance.
Available picture formats for all other
video sources
Normal, Fill All, 16:9, 14:9:
These are the
same settings as with TV and PC source
described above.
Auto zoom:
This function is available with TV
and analog inputs only. With the SCART inputs
selected it evaluates the current picture format
and switches automatically between normal
mode and Fill All depending of the signal format
(4:3, 16:9) received and the settings for the
Aspect Ratio Detection made in the Scart Setup
menu (see page 29). With other analog inputs
selected, this function will sense black bars
around the movie and, after some seconds,
zoom it in all directions, filling the width of the
screen while keeping the aspect ratio of the
original.
This mode should be used for the full screen dis-
play of any non-anamorphic letterbox video
material (with a black frame around).
16:9 Top:
Select with picture in letterbox format
as described above but with subtitles below. This
will zoom the video and shift it upwards.
14:9 Top:
Select with same pictures as above
but with subtitles below. This will zoom the
video and shift it upwards.
Panorama:
This format setting scales the input
signal automatically in horizontal direction to fit
the full screen, but not linearly. i.e. the picture
contents in the centre of the screen are dis-
played as the original and towards the edges
more intense scaling takes place. This mode can
be used to fill the screen horizontally with "4:3"
material without affecting the centre part of the
video too much.
Teletext
Teletext, also known as Videotext, is an informa-
tion system broadcast by some TV-channels. It
can be consulted like an interactive newspaper
for the latest news, sports and entertainment.
Harman Kardon Digital Lounge teletext also
offers access to subtitles for hearing impaired
viewers. Colored buttons on the remote control
give direct access to various pages, depending
on the TV-channel.
To activate the teletext function, press the
Teletext Button
B
on the remote control. A
first press will display the teletext instead of the
TV channel you were watching. A second press
will show both the TV channel you were watch-
ing to and the teletext next to each other.
Pressing the
Teletext Button
B
again will
de-activate the teletext function. It is also possi-
ble to have the teletext page shown with the TV
image in the background. In order to do so,
press the
Mix Button
D
when Teletext has
been activated.
The first page of the teletext that will be dis-
played is always page 100, an index page used
by all channels. Other pages can be searched for
by pressing the page number on the top of the
screen with the help of the
Numeric Keys
of the remote control. At all times, the index
page can be re-called by pressing the
PG 100
Button
.
Once you have teletext on your screen, you will
see that there are 4 colored squares on the bot-
tom of the screen, each with a specific teletext
page number in it. These colored buttons corre-
spond to the colored buttons
4NO
on the remote control. Pressing the correspon-
ding colored button on the remote control will
select the page highlighted in the square. Note
that the shown pages are dynamic, and change
with each button press.
Some teletext pages contain additional sub
pages. These sub pages can be selected directly
by pressing the
SUB PG Button
on the
remote control. Each button press will increment
the sub page number to enable direct selection
of the sub pages.
Note that as long as Teletext is activated no
other source can be selected on the screen.
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