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Initial Settings
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The images which appear on the TV screen, and what each screen mode is called, may differ depending on the manufacturer of the
TV set or on the type of the TV set. Consult the instruction manual provided with your TV set.
For your reference:
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Letterbox
Black bands are inserted at the top and bottom of the screen to fill in the gaps at the top and bottom where the size of the picture is
smaller than the screen.
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Pan & Scan
Part of the wide-screen picture (either at both sides or one side of the screen) is automatically eliminated so that the picture fills the
whole screen.
Concerning images which appear on the TV screen (aspect ratios of the screen)
Images which appear on the TV screen differ depending on the type of software and the TV set connected.
4:3
Screen whose right and
left edges are cut off
Letterbox (with black
bands at top and
bottom)
Full screen
Letterbox (with black
bands at top and
bottom
TV set connected (Screen mode)
Type of software
Software for wide-
screen (formatted
in the Pan & Scan
style)
Software for wide-
screen (not
formatted in the
Pan & Scan style)
Software (4:3)
Software
(4:3, Letterbox)
16:9 (“FULL” mode)
Full screen
Screen horizontally
enlarged
Screen horizontally
enlarged (with black
bands at top and
bottom)
16:9 (“ZOOM” mode)
Screen whose top and
bottom edges are cut
off
Screen whose top and
bottom edges are cut
off
Full screen
16:9 (“AUTO” mode)
Full screen
Full screen
(with black bands at
right and left)
Screen in which the
picture at the far left
and far right ends only
is extended horizontally
(with black bands at top
and bottom)
