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RNG150N / RNG200N USER GUIDE (501-3339201) B949/B950

MAKING USER SETTINGS (cont.)

About TV Display Capability (resolution settings)

•

Your set-top

can transmit pictures to your TV in a range of resolutions (also called “Display Capabilities”

- see below for the settings available). Generally, higher screen resolutions give better quality pictures.
However, the quality always depends on how the program was originally transmitted.

•

Different TVs

display different screen resolutions. For example, standard TVs display “480i”, EDTVs

(Enhanced Definition TVs) display “480p”, and most HDTVs display “1080p”, “1080i”, or “720p”. Many
HDTVs will display at more than one resolution. For more information, see the information supplied with
your HDTV. See also the note, right.

You may need to make appropriate TV Display Capability settings on your set-top, so that it is compatible with
your TV. See the next page for full instructions.

In order to display the best picture every time, you must select

every

resolution that your TV is capable of

displaying. This ensures that programs are displayed with minimum distortion.

There are five front-panel lights for the various resolutions. The appropriate one lights up to show the
resolution of the transmission your set-top is currently

receiving

(not the resolution of the signals at the

outputs of your set-top).

TV Display Capability settings

•

480i

is standard definition NTSC and is transmitted

in a 4:3 aspect ratio (see right).

•

480p

is enhanced digital TV and can be transmitted

in either a 4:3 or 16:9 aspect ratio.

•

720p

1080i

, and

1080p

are HDTV and are

transmitted in a 16:9 aspect ratio (see right).

480i transmission:
The aspect ratio is 4:3

1080i transmission:
The aspect ratio is 16:9

NOTE

When your HDTV and set-top are
connected by an HDMI

connector,

your set-top gets information from
your HDTV about the HDTV’s display
capability. Your set-top uses this
information to adjust its TV Display
Capability settings.

Your set-top also records your
HDTV’s ID (identification), so that only
one HDTV is supported at any one
time. When your HDTV has updated
your set-top’s TV Display Capability
settings, you may change them if
you wish. Your changes will then be
stored with the ID.

You can restore your set-top’s TV
Display Capability settings to their
factory values, as described on page
22. You can also restore your set-top
to the settings that your HDTV has
passed to your set-top. To do this you
must first restore the factory settings
while the HDMI cable is disconnected
from your set-top, then reconnect your
HDTV via the HDMI cable.

Changing the TV Display Capability

If you have not already done so, put your set-top into User Settings mode, as described on page 15.

1. Press the

button on your remote control until the front panel shows “reS” (short for resolution).

On the PACE USER SETTINGS menu, TV Display Capability is highlighted when “reS” is on the front
panel.

2. Press the

button when you see “reS” on the front panel.

The front panel shows the TV display capability that was last selected, so it could show 480i, 480P, 720P,
1080i, 1080p24 Pass*, 1080p30 Pass* or 1080p60 (the last four settings are displayed as 1080). The TV
Display Capability menu, shown right, appears on your TV screen.

3. Press the

button to highlight each resolution in turn on the menu and, for each one, press the

OK/Select

button if you wish to change the setting (the setting changes between “YES” and “NO” each

time you press

OK/Select

If, at any stage in this process, the menu disappears from the screen, immediately press
the OK/Select button to restore the menu.

4. When you are satisfied that all the TV resolutions are correct, press the

button. The front panel shows

“reS” again and the PACE USER SETTINGS menu reappears.

To continue making the settings, see the next section.

* See the note on the next page.