Auto Pillarbox
If your TV is a 16:9 TV that does not automatically detect 4:3 transmissions (and therefore does
not add black bars to the sides of the picture), then 4:3 transmissions may display “stretched” to fit
the 16:9 screen. If you do not want this effect, you can set your set-top to add black bars to the 4:3
picture, so that it is transmitted to your TV at a 16:9 aspect ratio. See the example below.
Changing the Auto Pillarbox setting
If you have not done so already, put your set-top into “user settings mode”, as described on page 21.
The front panel displays “ASPt”.
1. To change the Auto Pillarbox setting, press the
D
button until the front panel displays “PiLL”, as
shown right.
4:3 transmission
16:9 TV with no automatic
detection of 4:3,
Auto-pillarbox switched off
16:9 TV with no automatic
detection of 4:3,
Auto-pillarbox switched on
MAKING USER SETTINGS (cont.)
